The Tisbury Amphitheatre will become an enchanted Greek forest when the Martha's Vineyard Playhouse presents A Midsummer Night's Dream from July 2 to July 30.

Richard W. (Richie) Smith will start his new job as superintendent of schools for Martha’s Vineyard July 1 with a first-year salary of $186,500, under a two-year contract approved Tuesday.

Amy Houghton, chairman of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee for the past year, has resigned her post as a committee member representing Tisbury.

Members of the Federated Church in Edgartown voted Sunday to sell the Mayhew Parsonage on South Water street, capping a long planning process that began more than two years ago.

Staffers from several Island organizations have been honored by the Island Disability Coalition for making their organizations more welcoming and inclusive for people of differing abilities.

With the Tisbury School gym scheduled for demolition in August, school and town officials are looking for alternative places to hold a special town meeting this fall.

The Steamship Authority is having trouble hiring enough port engineers to maintain its 10-vessel fleet, while other positions also lack candidates, general manager Robert Davis said this week.

An airy, wood-slatted mobile shelter was designed and built behind the Thimble Farm greenhouse by a team led by architects Keith Moskow and Robert Linn as part of their Studio North summer workshop.

Island Health Care is receiving a $500,000 grant from MVYouth to establish a dental clinic in Edgartown to provide pediatric and adult services to Islanders with financial needs.

Island Grown Initiative’s Mobile Market will be making only two weekly stops this summer, its sixth year selling reduced-price and locally grown produce in Vineyard neighborhoods.