This spring marks the 20th anniversary of the unprecedented nomination of the entire town of Aquinnah as a district of critical planning concern (DCPC).

Cindi Martin, who was offered the director position a month ago, has accepted a three-year contract, airport commission chairman Robert Rosenbaum confirmed.

With the recent discovery of World War II-era bomber buried at Cape Pogue, the clandestine history of the Island’s involvement in World War II has come to the surface too.

Facing a slew of weighty financial issues, Aquinnah is set to close out the Island’s annual town meeting season Tuesday.

Aquinnah became the fifth and final town to approve the use of surplus funds for design work on the high school athletic fields overhaul.

In a busy meeting Monday, Edgartown selectmen approved a rate increase for the Chappy Ferry, signed off on two aquaculture permits and conditionally approved the installation of one upright piano downtown.

Aquinnah voters gather tonight for a single-article special town meeting to add their voice to the long-debated multi-million-dollar overhaul of the regional high school athletic fields. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the old town hall. A quorum of 35 voters is needed.

Researchers, conservationists and fishermen have agreed on measures to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales, whose population continues to teeter at the brink of extinction.

Cuyler Fisher won the kids trout tournament with a 17.25-inch rainbow trout. The annual rite of passage has been a May fixture for nearly 50 years.

A recent stock assessment for the Atlantic striped bass has concluded that stripers are overfished, prompting renewed discussion about management efforts.