The Martha’s Vineyard chapter celebrated another year of service and advocacy on Martin Luther King, Jr. day with a luncheon and workshop.

Talks may begin again soon for bus drivers with the Vineyard Transit Authority after a National Labor Relations Board ruling last year.

For David Stanwood, a piano has never been just a carefully crafted assembly of wood and wire. He speaks of the instrument in spiritual terms.

Robert Ogden began a six-year term as Dukes County sheriff Wednesday after he was sworn in a courthouse ceremony.

Harbor master Charlie Blair told the town selectmen Tuesday that American Cruise Lines is planning a busy schedule of stops in Edgartown from May to September.

Better access to detox facilities on the mainland and specially-trained recovery coaches are in the works following a public forum last June.

In a word: dry. The year 2016 saw widespread drought conditions over the second half of the year on Martha’s Vineyard, not good for local farmers, but maybe not bad for a resort Island that depends on good beach days.

Following the abrupt resignation of police chief Brian Cioffi, the Chilmark selectmen named former longtime police chief Tim Rich as interim.

The Edgartown selectmen voted this week to revoke the shellfish license of two commercial bay scallopers for violating town shellfish laws. Mark Morris and Michael Hathaway both lost their licenses for unrelated infractions.

After hearing strenuous objections from mariners this fall, the U.S. Coast Guard has decided against removing several buoys surrounding the Vineyard.