The West Tisbury select board asked that the town affordable housing committee delay plans to bring a proposed affordable dwelling unit (ADU) funding program before voters.

Though often taking a backseat to quahaugs, scallops and oysters, the softshell clam fishery was once a valuable economic engine for a select group of local shellfishermen.

The typically raucous chatter of seamen was more nervous than usual at the Allen's Tavern in old Holmes Hole (modern Vineyard Haven), where Islanders gathered to hear news of a restive colonial mainland.

After 150 years, the West Tisbury Grange Hall needs new roofing, insulation, a foundation, a basement, a new HVAC system and a revamped kitchen.

The 150-page Martha's Vineyard Statistical Profile lays out everything from the Island's population to electric use.

The discovery of the water-willow stem borer moth at Mill Pond in West Tisbury could have a big impact on brook conservation.

Vineyard Wind, the offshore wind farm under construction south of Martha's Vineyard, hopes to start generating power by the end of the year after completing five of its planned 62 wind turbines this week. 

The land bank commission voted Monday to open the Caleb’s Pond Preserve, a three-acre strip of marsh and other habitat near the Chappy ferry that the land bank purchased in 2020. The opening is going forward without any of the planned waterfront access.

Anne Ganz threw a message in a bottle off a Chilmark north shore beach in 2014. It was found on Nantucket over Thanksgiving weekend, nine years after it was tossed into the sea.

Illustrations by Chris Burrell.