Lynn Murphy, a longtime Chilmark resident and salty Menemsha character who helped inspire the character Quint in Jaws, died at home Thursday morning.

A trial program has begun that offers Vineyard residents immediate access to detox services on the mainland, leaders at Community Services and the Island hospital announced this week.

Cheryl B. Stark, the iconic Vineyard artisan and co-founder of CB Stark jewelry store on Main street Vineyard Haven, died Jan. 2.

Paul Falvey will leave the Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank early next month to become president and CEO at the Bank of New Hampshire.

A resident group has gone to court to block the Kuehn’s Way affordable housing project in Vineyard Haven, claiming the plan is environmentally flawed, among other things.

A decision by the U.S. Supreme court closes the book on a decades-long court battle over whether private land off Moshup Trail can be opened up for development.

Rick Karney, executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group, announced that he will shift to part-time status beginning Jan. 1.

For the second time in less than two years, the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank broke a new record for fees last week, collecting $1.12 million in a single five-day period.

County manager Martina Thornton is involved in a tangled probate case in which she stands to inherit much of the estate of a longtime Edgartown resident who died 11 months ago.

Both young, both Democrats, new legislators on the block Julian Cyr and Dylan Fernandes are eager to begin their jobs on Beacon Hill representing the Cape and Islands in January.