It’s school vacation week here on the Vineyard, which means even some of the hardier year-round businesses close their doors as students and parents exchange backpacks for suitcases.

A new multi-year study to determine the health of the Mill Brook in West Tisbury has found the system is struggling, prompting consideration of how to aid the nearly 3,000-acre watershed that feeds Mill Pond. 

The Vineyard’s first cases of avian flu found in dead birds last week have Island officials urging the community to do its part to stop the spread of the disease. 

Martha’s Vineyard Community Services has selected career healthcare official Dean Teague to be their new chief executive officer.

Nearly 80 kids are now part of 11 4-H clubs on the Island, each with its own focus and guidance from volunteers from local farms and environmental organizations.

When Theresa Manning was a child, her mother would always have a warm meal waiting for her. Now her new restaurant is doing much the same for the community.

Plans for a 10-day summer festival in Aquinnah to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the blockbuster Jaws have deteriorated before they ever really materialized.

Twenty wild turkeys were found dead in the Smith Hollow neighborhood in Edgartown over the weekend and officials suspect bird flu was the culprit.

Avian flu is inching closer to the Vineyard and while no cases have been detected here yet, officials suspect the virus could already be on-Island.

Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation and The Nature Conservancy received the grants for conservation projects in Edgartown and West Tisbury from the state Department of Fish and Game.