It was a puzzling scene: a full parking lot at Atria on a recent Sunday night, but dimmed lights in the upstairs dining room. The room was completely empty, even though the tables were set for dinner...

As the winds whipped snow across the Island Monday night and Tuesday, most people hunkered down and stayed inside, off the slippery roads and out of the chill. But some hardy Samaritans braved the...

A small framed list on the wall of the West Tisbury post office lists the names of each of the town’s postmasters. Soon, a new name will be added to the lineup — postmaster Paula Sullivan...

The all-Island school committee voted unanimously Wednesday night to name assistant superintendent Matthew D’Andrea as the next superintendent of Martha’s Vineyard Public Schools.The...

The first person Shelagh Hackett met when she showed up at the Vineyard Playhouse for an audition in 1987 was Paul Munafo. The playhouse was putting on a Steven Sondheim musical, and Ms. Hackett had...

A night of offensive power followed by a day of defensive exploits led the Vineyard girls varsity hockey team to a championship title as they defeated Scituate and Quincy/North Quincy in the 14th...

The Martha’s Vineyard chapter of the NAACP is by nature a forward-thinking organization, and on Sunday, during the 30th annual Martin Luther King Jr. membership event, it honored the next...

In interviews this week, two final candidates for Vineyard schools superintendent talked about their career tracks, the challenges that lie ahead for the widely disparate public school system on the...

Russell Maciel retired from the Tisbury fire department on Dec. 31, but he still goes down to the station every Sunday.“There are a couple of chiefs that are retired. They show up [too], and we...

“Woo! Swords!” It’s not the typical late-night bar cry, but then the crowd gathered at the Wharf pub wasn’t there just to have a drink. Farmers, welders and nerds — a...