The Martha's Vineyard Playhouse has sold out its two weekend readings of a new play based on Oak Bluffs history, starring award-winning actor S. Epatha Merkerson.

Two of the Steamship Authority's new vessels entered dry dock earlier this month in Alabama and could be running to the Island's next summer.

At their final concert of the year Saturday afternoon, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School Minnesingers captivated their audience.

The regional high school committee voted 7-2 Thursday to make no changes to the operating budget for the coming fiscal year.

Tisbury’s newest select board member is Christina Colarusso, the winner — by just three votes — of Tuesday’s three-way race for select board.

The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School Minnesingers are taking more than a few extra steps to reward audiences at their spring concerts on May 12 and May 13.

Led by Thomas Bena, founder and former director of the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival, and advisor Jake Davis, Stillpoint Meadows aims to be a gathering place for classes, talks and other events.

The new cap on spending commits the school to only use the remaining balance of this year's legal budget on the turf appeal.

Voting takes place from noon to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9, at the town’s emergency services facility on Spring street.

A planned Mexican restaurant on Union street in Vineyard Haven took a giant step toward opening this summer when the Tisbury planning board voted 4-1 Wednesday to allow a special permit for the operation.