Numbers were up as the two-week shotgun season for deer neared the halfway mark Friday. A total of 201 deer had been checked in at the Manuel F. Correllus state forest, according to Fletcher Clark....

In 1938 a group of Island women came together to knit six red stockings, fill those stocking with gifts and distribute them to six families in need just in time for Christmas. Eighty-one years later...

A merry crowd kicked off the holiday season with plenty of good cheer at the annual Oak Bluffs tree lighting Wednesday night. A sea of red antlers worn by children and parents alike whirled around...

Chilmark voters gave final approval for funding architectural and design work on a new public safety building at a special election Wednesday. Voters agreed 78-22 to exempt $440,000 from the...

The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School district committee this week postponed a vote on the FY 2021 budget, amid concerns about the lack of a clear policy over how to pay for capital...

Oak Bluffs selectmen voted Tuesday to approve a tax rate of $7.44 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, a 3.25 per cent decrease from last year’s tax rate of $7.69. Selectmen also voted...

As part of a long-term effort to protect dwindling Atlantic herring stocks, federal regulators recently approved an amendment to prohibit the use of midwater trawling vessels within 12 nautical miles...

The shotgun season for deer hunting begins today and runs until Dec. 14. State and local officials are urging Islanders to be aware that hunters will be out on public lands. Hunting is allowed from...

For nearly 20 years, the town of Oak Bluffs has been replacing many of the old lampposts in town, built in the 1960s, with more decorative and historically accurate ones. The project was initiated...

With deer hunting season in full swing, six Island police chiefs are registering unanimous concern about the shrinking presence of environmental police on Martha’s Vineyard. In a letter sent...