With Vineyard coastal ponds at a tipping point, on Thursday this week the Martha’s Vineyard Commission will lead a daylong conference Thursday.

The state SJC handed a legal victory to the town of Aquinnah and others who have been battling a private developer for years over whether land off Moshup Trail can be opened up for development.

Chairs and benches at the Oak Bluffs Tabernacle will be restored. Information for senior citizens will enter the digital age. And single-use plastic bags could soon be a thing of the past.

Annual town meetings in Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury and West Tisbury Tuesday night saw action on a variety of issues. Tisbury voters return for a second session Wednesday at 7 p.m..

Up-Island volunteer firefighters battled a major house fire off Moshup Trail in Aquinnah for several hours Thursday, finally containing the blaze by evening. No one was injured, but water supply was an issue.

Three organizations that serve hundreds of Island youth have received grants totaling $511,000 from MVYouth, a community fund begun two years ago.

The head of a critical access hospital in Randolph, Vt., has been named the new president and chief executive officer of the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

Working in frigid conditions, volunteer firefighters quickly contained a blaze in a multifamily home in Edgartown Thursday night, but were unable to save a family dog.

The noted ornithologist who cut a wide swath through the world of birding died in the early morning on Jan. 21 at the Nantucket Cottage Hospital.

The fragile barrier beach at Norton Point off Chappaquiddick was awash again Sunday as the ocean broke through the ribbon of sand on a stormy day.