Jake Sylvia, a veteran of the Edgartown fire department and emergency medical service, was appointed as Edgartown’s newest police officer Monday.

A Blackstone man faces six charges of rape and five charges of indecent assault and battery on a person who is disabled, following an investigation by Edgartown police.

Islanders this week mourned commercial conch fisherman Luke Gurney, a father of two who died in a fishing accident Monday. Mr. Gurney was fishing off Nantucket when he became tangled in a line and was swept overboard.

Arthur Gallagher, the town accountant for Oak Bluffs, died unexpectedly on June 13.

Those who knew him say Stan Murphy put a lot more than paint on canvas. A retrospective of the late painter opens at Featherstone.

Edgartown selectmen voted unanimously Monday to change the structure of building permit fees. While some permit fees will be lower, many will be substantially higher.

Harbor masters from Chilmark and Gosnold rescued seven people from a burning sport fishing vessel just outside Menemsha Harbor Saturday afternoon. There were no injuries.

We were walking down Main street in Vineyard Haven, her mother and I, just where the stores start, where the sidewalk is still a little downhill.

Ride-sharing services such as Lyft and Uber will soon be required to pay fees to operate at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport.

With festive red, white and blue bunting adorning her decks, the Woods Hole sailed into Vineyard Haven Monday afternoon.