An exchange of correspondence has begun between Aquinnah selectmen and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) over the tribe’s planned class II gambling facility in the town.

After a public hearing Monday, the Edgartown selectmen voted unanimously to allow taxis to charge using a meter system.

For the Walk to End Domestic Violence on Saturday, marchers dressed in all the purple they could find, the official color for domestic violence awareness.

As debate heats up over a proposed law to limit patient/nurse ratios in Massachusetts, leaders at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital and Island nurses have joined the fray.

It’s an even-numbered year and midterm election season has arrived in Dukes County as well as around the country.

The New England Fishery Management Council voted last week to limit both the scope and size of the commercial herring catch for the next three years.

The community fund MVYouth this week awarded a $250,000 grant to Vineyard Youth Tennis to replace the bubble that allows for wintertime play.

Every third Tuesday of the month, the Martha's Vineyard Bonsai Club, a group as varied and ageless as the tiny junipers, jades and jasmines in their possession, gathers.

Farm Neck hosted the Island's first USTA sanctioned national tennis tournament — a seniors, round-robin mens doubles event.

Selectmen voiced their approval on Monday for an amendment allowing taxis to charge using a meter system. A public hearing will be held on Oct. 15 to air the change.