Voters will face a choice this spring for how best to reduce the use of plastic: study the issue for a year, or adopt an outright ban on the sale of small-sized plastic bottles.

Oak Bluffs selectmen said this week they have begun networking with other fire department heads, on Island and on Cape Cod, as they map a transition plan for the fire department.

A red ribbon was cut Wednesday morning, marking the completion of the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital’s new wing.

With the regional high school dropout rate on the rise, principal Sara Dingledy sought to explain the numbers to the district school committee this week.

The boys track team continued its dominance on Sunday by winning the Cape and Islands league championship. The girls squad placed second.

Boys hockey was hot, the swim team held its own in the pool and girls and boys basketball weathered some storms on their home courts. As the countdown nears for playoff season, it was a full week in high school sports.

Following years of discussion, planning and controversy, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School this week submitted the first phase of a plan to renovate the school track and athletic fields.

When Gabby Carr was eight years old and the YMCA first opened on the Island she joined the Makos, the Vineyard’s youth swim team.

The up-Island regional district school committee voted Monday night to certify a $12.6 million budget for the coming fiscal year, roughly a three per cent increase over last year.

The Oak Bluffs girls and West Tisbury boys basketball teams reigned supreme in this year’s middle school championship played at the regional high school.