A stubborn brush fire near the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Oak Bluffs burned a large area of pitch pine woodland Monday morning, and then flared up again twice in the afternoon.

A spate of sea turtle strandings occurred on or around the Vineyard this weekend, including two dead turtles that washed up on Island beaches.

Expressions of sympathy were coming in from all corners of the Island Monday for the family of Adam Friedman, the West Tisbury man who was found dead Saturday.

Diversity training for Martha’s Vineyard police is on deck for later this fall, as a joint project with Island police chiefs and the Martha’s Vineyard Diversity Coalition gets under way, aided by a $17,000 grant from Permanent Endowment of Martha’s Vineyard.

Streams of visitors bearing white carnations made their way to the Edgartown Lighthouse Saturday morning for the annual ceremony.

The nonprofit Island Housing Trust cut the ribbon Thursday on its latest project: seven affordable apartments at the Perlman House, a 100-year-old former inn on State Road in Vineyard Haven.

A second Vineyard Independence Partnership yard sale is coming up on the grounds of the former Chilmark Chocolates.

Tensions ran high at the all-Island school committee meeting Thursday, as committee members weighed a proposal to open licensed, community-based learning centers this fall.

The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital reported one new case of coronavirus on the Island Friday, while Nantucket, which has had a spike in cases, was labeled red by the state.

In a major step for coastal resiliency planning on the Vineyard, a combined total of nearly $400,000 in competitive, state grants were awarded to the three down-Island towns.