A spirited and at times testy Martha’s Vineyard Commission approved its updated DRI checklist on Thursday night.

The total volume of residential development on Martha’s Vineyard has slowed in recent years, while the size of houses has increased.

TestMV reported one new case of coronavirus on Thursday, as Island, state and national case numbers have seen rises in the past week.

Dukes County family and probate court judge Peter Smola has heard cases that run the gamut from custody battles to conservatorships.

Meeting Tuesday, selectmen stopped short of issuing penalties against the popular Edgartown taqueria for violating state and local Covid-19 social distancing guidelines, mask use regulations and liquor license rules.

An organization of Island builders is making an eleventh-hour pitch to block a plan by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission to tighten its thresholds for reviewing certain developments.

A rapidly growing philanthropic effort to address homelessness on the Island this winter awarded Harbor Homes of Martha’s Vineyard grants totaling $100,000.

The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital reported one new case of coronavirus Thursday, its second this week after announcing that it had admitted its first inpatient with the virus Wednesday.

The Steamship Authority is proposing significant, across-the-board rate hikes in an effort to cover expected losses in revenue and budget shortfalls during the 2021 operating season.

The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital has admitted a patient with Covid-19, officials announced Wednesday morning — the first patient admitted to the hospital with the virus.