Kate Squire, a fourth-grade teacher based in Concord will take the helm as principal of the Chilmark School, according to an announcement from superintendent of schools Dr. Richard Smith.

Vineyard Wind parent company Avangrid announced the opening of applications for its fisheries compensation fund, a pot of money available to fishermen who have operated in waters where 62 offshore wind turbines are currently being constructed.

From the eternal flame at the Kirkuk oil fields to the one-room schoolhouse in West Tisbury, Anne Ganz's cartoons tell the story of her life.

In waters about 30 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard, a whale not seen in the region for more than two centuries was spotted from the skies last week by scientists with the New England Aquarium.

Just three days in to creating his third kinetic bird sculpture, Tim Laursen has already figured out how to make the wings flap.

The Chilmark home that sparked the town's "big house bylaw" has hit the rental market for $1 million per month.

Fishermen, aquaculturists and water quality activists will gather for a night at the movies — and some oysters on the half shell — at the Martha's Vineyard Film Center on Sunday.

The white picket fence bordering State Road and the West Tisbury cemetery will remain standing for now after the town historic district commission, in a split vote Monday, denied a plan from the select board to remove most of the fence.

Next week, in Mordovia, western Russia, in penal colony IK-17, American prisoner Paul Whelan will celebrate his 54th birthday. It will be the sixth birthday Mr. Whelan has spent behind bars since his arrest on espionage charges on a visit to Russia in 2018.