The final annual town meeting of the season will take place in Aquinnah on Tuesday, where voters will decide on dedicating more than $500,000 to improving municipal infrastructure and town-owned properties.

State Sen. Dylan Fernandes, a Democrat from Falmouth, filed a bill at the start of the legislative session that would only allow members of the ferry line’s oversight board to serve three terms.

Harbor Homes of Martha’s Vineyard, the Island’s homelessness prevention nonprofit, announced this week that Brian Morris has resigned as executive director, effective April 30.

Following his National Book Award win in the fall, seasonal Vineyarder Percival Everett won the Pulitzer Prize this week for his novel James.

Lulu is a black lab mix who is approximately a year and a half old.

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $371,042 for the business week ending on Friday, May 2, 2025.

David Willbrand and April Virginia Boise purchased 32 Boldwater Road in Edgartown from Randall L. Gibbs and Gail H. Gibbs for $7,926,400 on April 28.

Vineyard Chowder From the May 8, 1936 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:

One of the reasons for visiting the Island of Martha’s Vineyard is to discover Vineyard chowder. There is a story, handed down from the remote past, that a real clam chowder is the gift of Martha’s Vineyard to the rest of the world. But only on the Island can all the satisfaction of the original be enjoyed.

A plan to cut 175 acres of white pine in the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest drew significant opposition — along with some support — from the Island community during a recent public comment period, according to a review of more than 100 comments obtained by the Gazette.

Natalia Christine Oliveria and Agrimax DaSilva Costa, announce the birth of a daughter, Eloa Ferreira Costa, born on April 29 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.