Preliminary funding for a town hall renovation project is on the docket when Aquinnah convenes a special town meeting Saturday afternoon. The meeting begins at 1 p.m. inside the town hall.

Since 1938, the Red Stocking Fund has provided Island children in need with gifts for the holiday season. Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, Susie Wallo and Sandy Joyce, who head the fund, are making sure this year is no different.

This year the emphasis for Christmas in Edgartown is still on good cheer but with a healthy does of safety, too.

A mainstay Martha’s Vineyard nightspot year round, the Ritz Cafe will shutter effective Jan. 1, with plans to reopen March 9, following approval from the Oak Bluffs selectmen Tuesday.

A second cold-stunned Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle is on the mend after it was rescued on the Chappaquiddick side of Norton Point Beach during Saturday’s northeaster.

From cornhusk dolls to hand-woven sashes, wampum jewelry, dreamcatchers and white buckskin dresses, there’s something for everyone at the Aquinnah Cultural Center’s online Northeast Indigenous Artist Holiday Market.

he two-week deer shotgun season opened on Monday, and the woods were filled with camouflage and bright orange.

The Harbor Homes winter shelter at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown opened its doors for the first time Sunday night and two guests enjoyed a hot meal while escaping from the cold.

Two downtown restaurants in Oak Bluffs won approval from the Oak Bluffs selectmen this week to make changes for the winter, with one closing until spring and another adopting shortened hours of operation until January.

Shotgun season for deer hunting begins Monday, Nov. 30 in Massachusetts, and state officials are encouraging hunters to register their take online this year instead of bringing it to a check-in station.