The Massachusetts Department of Transportation begins road and shoulder work on State Road and Beach Road in Tisbury.

West Tisbury poet laureate Spencer Thurlow leads another online free-write poetry class on Thursdays starting May 7.

This past week Camp Jabberwocky announced it was canceling its summer season due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Habitat for Humanity of Martha’s Vineyard is deferring homeowners’ mortgage payments and absorbing their escrow payments.

The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital has tested more than 350 people for the coronavirus since the outbreak began over a month ago.

Jennifer Smith Turner’s recent book Child Bride was named best fiction e-book by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association.

The annual July 4 reading of a Frederick Douglass speech at Inkwell Beach in Oak Bluffs will take place online this year.

Vineyard House is waiving rent for its residents during the coronavirus pandemic and seeking online donations to make up the shortfall.

A $12 million injection of federal funding will keep the Steamship Authority going until August 1.

Today’s sermon: There is no such thing as normal, except maybe a standard for body temperature.