The call for help came from Georgia on Friday night. By Sunday afternoon, half the American Legion Hall in Vineyard Haven was filled with supplies destined for states reeling from the devastation of Hurricane Helene.

Today’s storm is tomorrow’s high tide. That’s how Deanna Moran, the Massachusetts chief coastal resilience officer, explained the importance of getting ahead of the impacts of climate change.

After wrapping up its necropsy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Wednesday that the female calf found in Edgartown earlier this year died due to chronic entanglement.

Almost 20 years ago, Rick Reinhardsen helped found the Salvation Army service unit on Martha’s Vineyard. He is now moving off-Island and it will take four people to take on his work load.

The town’s harbor master and harbor advisory committee proposed changes to the town bylaws that they believed would make rules around jet skis more enforceable.

For nine-year-old Brielle Cortez, fishing means being able to connect with her grandfather, who died before she was born.

Over 30 artists, sponsored by Island businesses, created fish-inspired pieces for Bass in the Grass, the annual derby celebration of creativity.

About 10 per cent of the derby’s registrants are signed up for the fly rod division this year. 

The Land Bank has seen an increase in deaths among the herd, partially due to the goats getting older and the fact that the worms are becoming resistant to dewormer.

The Oak Bluffs select board voted Tuesday to allow Seastreak to run its off-season service out of the town's harbor.