Senior managers at the Steamship Authority confirmed this week what many people already knew: there are substantially more cars and people coming to Martha’s Vineyard this summer.

Anyone who wants to know about Wayne Lamson quickly runs across the story about how he started with the ferry service as a ticket seller in Woods Hole, during the summers when he attended college.

On Saturday, July 30, Island residents will once again pause to do honor the advice Della Hardman gave to so many: Savor the moment. The 12th annual Della Hardman Day festivities begin in Ocean Park at 4 p.m.

Edgartown selectmen Monday postponed a decision on a routine request from Eversource Energy to install conduit and a new utility pole on Fuller street.

A 67-foot steel-hulled fishing trawler went aground in Woods Hole passage late Monday morning. No injuries were reported after the vessel, named Hope & Sydney, struck Middle Ledge.

A diverse group of more than 90 people marched from Vineyard Haven to Oak Bluffs Saturday in a peaceful protest to call attention to recent deaths of African American men.

The children’s playground at Niantic Park is now open after a major renovation.

Union Chapel was packed for Henry Louis (Skip) Gates Jr.'s film about African Americans over the past five decades. His talk later was part college lecture, part humorous observation, part nostalgic Vineyard experience.

The few miles of water between the Island and the mainland is a comfort of sorts for new Martha’s Vineyard Hospital president and chief executive officer Joe Woodin.

Newtown, a heart-wrenching documentary featuring three families who lost children in the mass shooting, their journey through grief, and the resilience of the community which gathered around them, will screen at the Chilmark Community Center on July 20 at 8 p.m.