More than 40 years after Hospice and Palliative Care of Martha's Vineyard began providing end-of-life services at no charge, the nonprofit is preparing to serve more Islanders by accepting Medicare.

There's only one Island event that annually brings drum circles, stilt walkers and more than 100 dancers to one of the Island's most historic houses of worship: Built on Stilts..

Some school staff will get a raise, other negotiations are going to arbitration, and the assistant superintendent spot may stay vacant for a little longer.

Robert Davis, general manager of the Steamship Authority, agreed on Friday to a three-year contract extension at an initial salary of $207,500.

Health and water officials in Tisbury are trying to solve a persistent conundrum: How is lead-tainted water getting into the Vineyard Montessori School's pipes?

If approved by voters this fall, the additional $26 million in borrowing would, combined with the initial $55 million, push property taxes up by roughly 15 1/2 per cent for the 30-year life of the bonds.

The Francine Kelly Gallery at Featherstone Center for the Arts in Oak Bluffs is mounting a pair of guest-curated contemporary art exhibitions this summer.

Tisbury's annual and special town meetings are moving to the high school performing arts center in Oak Bluffs for the next two and a half years, while the town school undergoes an extensive renovation and addition.

Food trucks have emerged from regulatory limbo in West Tisbury, where select board members this week approved new rules governing how the mobile take-out eateries may operate in the town.

Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association leaseholders have begun to question the direction of the community’s board members, including a recent decision to sue the Oak Bluffs Planning Board.