Camp Jabberwocky’s new executive director, Hilary Dreyer, is a homegrown Islander known for her work with the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival and, more recently, the Martha’s Vineyard Community Foundation.

Last week, civil engineer Douglas Hoehn told the town’s conservation commission that his client, real estate investor David Malm, will no longer be moving forward with the exercise spa at 81 South Water street.

Seabreezes, the magazine published by students at the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School, has been recognized by the National Council of Teachers of English as a magazine of distinction.

Officials said the land transfer is crucial because it will allow Navigator to take in about $53 million in grant money from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

The Martha’s Vineyard branch of the NAACP celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and its 60th anniversary at the annual MLK Membership Luncheon at the P.A. Club Monday afternoon.

Presenting Schubert's monumental song cycle: Die Schöne Mullerin Sunday afternoon, baritone David Behnke and pianist David Rhoderick held their audience in thrall as the late-Romantic tale unfolded.

State Sen. Julian Cyr took a swing through the Island last week, meeting with housing advocates, hosting a campaign event and outlining his priorities in a meeting with Gazette reporters and editors.

On Sunday, the Vineyard boys basketball team took on Nantucket at the TD Garden as part of the Andrew James Lawson Foundation, Inc. Invitational. Nantucket won the game 67-58 but the event was bigger than the final score.

After drying out from a storm earlier this week, another gale hit the Island Saturday, canceling ferries and causing continued flooding. 

Shellfish farmer Greg Martino will represent the Tisbury select board on the Martha’s Vineyard Commission for a third one-year term, following the board’s unanimous vote Wednesday evening.