A woman was found dead outside her Munroe avenue home Saturday. State police wrote in a statement they believe the woman had been outside in the extreme cold for an unknown period of time, possibly overnight.

The weekend's cold has caused mechanical problems in three ferries.

For more than three decades, Kirsten Sauter has been there for Vineyard pet owners. But last week, Dr. Sauter told her clients that she plans to retire and close her practice in April.

Sherborn-based veterinarian Suzanne Loheac came to the Island last week to lead a class in emergency equine first aid at the Misty Meadows barn in West Tisbury.

Voters in Gosnold, the state’s smallest town, approved key funding last week to build a fuel farm after going three years without a reliable fuel source.

Symptoms for the 18 residents and eight staff who tested positive for XBB.15. are varied, but no hospitalizations have been required.

Mikado is set to open in Oak Bluffs on April 1; Red Cat Kitchen to move into former Oyster Bar 02557.

Lagoon Pond and just outside of the Lagoon Pond Bridge was closed to shellfishing after a sewer pipe broke at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital Tuesday.

Denise Schepici, who was hired as CEO and president of Martha’s Vineyard Hospital in 2018, will become the Island hospital’s president and chief operating officer, reporting to a pair of Mass General Brigham officials.