An Oak Bluffs restaurant that served President Obama last week has been thrust into a storm of criticism on social media following a dispute between the restaurant owners and several patrons.

Ending a prolonged period of turmoil in the cemetery department, the Edgartown selectmen will shift responsibility to the highway department.

Sponsored by the Martha’s Vineyard League of Women Voters, a candidates forum on Wednesday evening attracted a sizeable crowd to the Grange Hall in West Tisbury. Seven candidates are running to replace Rep. Timothy Madden, and four candidates are seeking the Senate seat vacated by Sen. Dan Wolf.

In a forum last Saturday, Nate Parker — writer director, and lead actor of the film The Birth of a Nation — said raising funds was the hardest part of a difficult project.

A California film company producing a movie about Sen. Ted Kennedy’s 1969 accident on Chappaquiddick saw a cool reception Monday over a request to close streets and beaches for scene shots.

A small sailing vessel dragged its anchor and came to rest on the jetty Wednesday morning; the vessel later sank.

The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a distress call reporting a boat on fire in Vineyard Sound Tuesday afternoon, but the problem turned out to be an oil leak that was generating dark smoke.

A Needham teen was arrested following an overnight incident in which he and a friend were thrown from their boat.

Most people view retirement as an opportunity to take it easy after a lifetime of hard work. For Philip Weinstein, the Alexander Griswold Cummins professor emeritus of Swarthmore College, the idea seems to puzzle him.

Oak Bluffs selectmen this week honored Tiki Greene, Genny Kent, and Nick Sune-Fecitt for their actions in three separate rescues this month.