Executive director Richard Paradise said that buying the building — a condominium within the Tisbury Marketplace development — has always been part of the long-term plan.

After nearly 43 years of nursing at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, Betsy VanLandingham is retiring this month — sort of.

A divided Tisbury select board voted this week to appoint two new members to the town’s sewer advisory board, along with four existing members — but not longstanding representative John Best, whose request was denied.

The Red House peer recovery center recently reopened after its launch early last year was cut short by the Covid-19 pandemic.

About two dozen Dukes County workers have until Oct. 30 to show they are fully vaccinated or apply for a legal exemption under a newly-enacted vaccination mandate.

Jeff Robinson finished first in the schooner division, capturing the Ingrid B. Robinson Memorial Cup, named for his late wife Ingrid.

Edgartown Harbor sparkled brilliantly in the sun Saturday afternoon as families gathered for the annual ceremony of remembrance.

Cheers rang out on the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School campus Friday morning, as the school community celebrated its 25th anniversary.

Boat building takes its cultural place with architecture and fine art in the watercolor drawings of Maine artist Abe Goodale, on display at the Workshop Gallery in Vineyard Haven this weekend. Mr. Goodale’s portraits of shipwrights at work, including Islander Ross Gannon of Gannon and Benjamin Marine Railway, quietly celebrate their craftsmanship and concentration in detailed graphite drawings washed with subtle color.

“His skill set is obviously something to be admired — he is just incredible,” said Workshop partner Wil Sideman.

A bumper crop of kindergarteners is headed for the Chilmark School in 2022, and principal Susan Stevens is looking for space to accommodate them all.