As he was lying on his kitchen floor, alone and unable to get up, Michael J. Fox discovered that his characteristic optimism may have reached its limit. It was the summer of 2018. Mr. Fox had lived...

Early last month, the 75th anniversary of the detonation of an atomic bomb over Hiroshima was marked with remembrances and renewed pleas for a ban on nuclear weapons. A related anniversary passed...

It’s no exaggeration that Lew French has been obsessed with stone for decades. Now that passion is on full display at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum, where he’s creating an outdoor...

As 2018 comes to a close, it may be best remembered as the year Islanders learned just how fragile their bridge to the mainland is. And while the Steamship Authority, plagued by unprecedented numbers...

The majority of the storied north shore estate once owned by legendary Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, a diverse and historic stretch of waterfront property in West Tisbury, goes on the...

When U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren delivered a closely watched speech this week to a group of Native American tribal leaders, it was the chairman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) who...

On the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to wade into the Wampanoag casino case, tribal leaders said this week they are ready to move ahead with plans to build a bingo hall on the...

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to wade into the legal fight over the Aquinnah tribe’s gaming aspirations, clearing the way for an electronic bingo facility on Martha’s Vineyard. In a...

Reversals of fortune. Institutional turmoil. Environmental stress. This could be a pencil sketch of 2017 in America — and a way to envision the year on Martha’s Vineyard as well. Among...

Tobias Vanderhoop may have moved clear across the country, but in many ways he finds himself in familiar surroundings: on an Island serving in a leadership role for a tribal community. Mr....