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.

The former Radio Shack outlet and electronics store that has been a mainstay Vineyard Haven business for 34 years, will close, owner Linda Sibley confirmed.

A federal judge will not reconsider his recent ruling rejecting a bid by the Wampanoag tribe to build a casino in Aquinnah. The case is now expected to head to a formal appeal process.

Buoyed by a rising real estate market, the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank is on track to end the year on a high note for revenues.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments this week in a widely-watched case that will decide whether rare coastal heathland along Moshup Trail will be opened up for development.

It was a 10-year tenure that began and ended in controversy, with enough plot twists in the middle to fill a Victorian novel. Sean Flynn, then acting manager, was named manager of the Martha’s Vineyard Airport in December 2005.

The Edgartown conservation commission recently prevailed in a long-running legal dispute with a Chappaquiddick property owner over whether he could build a boardwalk over a salt marsh.

The internationally recognized North Tisbury arboretum has been named to the National Register of Historic Places.