Island students went back to school on Tuesday, some heading to a newly refurbished school in Tisbury, and others meeting new principals at the Edgartown, Chilmark and Oak Bluffs schools.

The Oak Bluffs select board voted this week to include a $750,000 borrowing article for a new solar farm on the October special town meeting warrant. 

The select board this week discussed options for turning the vacant lot at 0 Uncas avenue, across the street from the Barn Bowl & Bistro, into a parking lot to alleviate downtown congestion.

For five days, the Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival will showcase nine feature films, two documentaries and nine short films from a variety of countries including Senegal, Bangladesh and Mexico.

Oak Bluffs artist Andrew Moore didn’t believe it when he was asked to send art to an exhibit in Gov. Maura Healey’s office.

MassHealth started covering doula services this spring, allowing more Vineyarders to have emotional, physical and informational support throughout their pregnancies.

Oak Bluffs businesses say they are suffering because of the town's new earlier last call, losing both money and the town's status as the epicenter of the Island late-night revelry.

Pasta architect Dan Pashman talked at a Cook the Vineyard event about how he invented cascatelli, a new pasta shape.

The proponents of Beach Within Reach, an initiative that has been analyzing dozens of beaches across the Vineyard to make them more accessible for people of all abilities, celebrated their progress at Jetty Beach Tuesday.

On Wednesday evening at dusk, master of ceremonies Bob Cleasby led the traditional community sing in the Tabernacle while the surrounding area began to fill up with visitors for Grand Illumination Night.