After two brush fires scorched acres of land in Oak Bluffs and West Tisbury this week, state and local fire officials are on particularly high alert, with drought conditions and high winds dragging...

The up-Island school committee heard updates early this week on plans for alternative learning spaces at the Chilmark and West Tisbury schools, after discussions of out-of-school learning centers...

Oak Bluffs firefighters were called to the scene of a stubborn brush fire three times Monday, before the fire was finally declared out at around 8 p.m. Firefighters were first called to the scene, a...

Streams of visitors bearing white carnations made their way to the Edgartown Lighthouse Saturday morning. Some strolled the base of the lighthouse foundation, others looked out at waves beyond the...

Tensions ran high at the all-Island school committee meeting Thursday, as committee members weighed a proposal to open licensed, community-based learning centers for students not returning to the...

With the deadline for the 2020 U.S. Census less than two weeks away, Island organizers are ramping up outreach efforts to boost participation, after a monthslong counting process hamstrung by funding...

Thursday marked the first day of school for students across the Island, but this year, backpacks and school buses were traded in for Chromebooks and webcams, as students of all ages resumed their...

After much delay, West Tisbury selectmen voted Wednesday to approve an extension of the outdoor farmers’ market through the end of October. The proposal by the market managers calls for the...

Chilmark selectmen on Tuesday reviewed town receipts from the season just past, taking stock after early worries about a quiet summer on the Island. According to town administrator Tim Carroll, who...

At an emotional meeting Monday, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School school district committee voted to limit fall athletics to on-Island intramural competition, heeding a recommendation...