A Connecticut town planner has signed a two-year contract to serve as the new executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission.Under the terms of an employment agreement approved by the...

Sandy Stone-Benjamin fell in love with dance in the third grade, when she was a student at Miss Gertrude’s basement studio outside of Hartford, Conn.“She didn’t have that many...

The up-Island regional school district committee struggled to make significant cuts to its budget this week amid growing confusion and disagreement over the implications of West Tisbury’s...

The town of Oak Bluffs has reached an agreement with an Eastville homeowner who in October sued the town over an aquaculture venture near his home.Jacob H. Ludwig 3rd appealed the award of a...

Faced with a large deficit in school funding in West Tisbury, the up-Island regional school committee is tightening its belt.During a somber meeting Monday marked by heated debate and tense silences...

A Cape and Islands business association has named Island herbalist and author Holly Bellebuono as their entrepreneur of the year.Ms. Bellebuono, who owns Vineyard Herbs, Teas and Apothecary, is the...

Each of the five traditional public school districts on Martha’s Vineyard has its own budget, school committee and administrative support. The schools manage their own facilities and operate...

It was the second week of February and snow had piled up around a West Tisbury farmhouse, where Erin Hepfner sat at a computer.The start of the growing season was still weeks away, but Ms. Hepfner...

Oak Bluffs voters backed the construction of a new school administration building in a single-issue town meeting Thursday evening.The nearly unanimous vote came as a small political victory for the...

On a recent afternoon, photographer Alison Shaw sat down with a student.The meeting took place in her namesake gallery, a small blue building on Dukes County avenue in Oak Bluffs. Ms. Shaw pulled up...