Louisa Hufstader

Although the number of students enrolled in the Martha’s Vineyard public school system has changed little over the years, school costs continue to rise.

A unanimous vote by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission has cleared the way for a mixed-income subdivision in Edgartown that reserves nine building lots and an apartment duplex for deed-restricted purchase by year-round Islanders with limited resources.

Downtown Vineyard Haven’s monthly First Friday event ballooned into a three-day Christmas party over the weekend, complete with two tree lightings and two visits from Santa Claus.

Island Grown Initiative announced Friday that co-executive director Michelle Gittlen will leave the food and agriculture nonprofit in April, 2025, one year after she stepped into the shared leadership position.

A projected borrowing request for more than $8 million to overhaul and expand the Vineyard Haven Public Library has been trimmed to $4.8 million after contractors’ bids were finalized this month.

Four months after Island Grown Initiative closed the Vineyard’s only community composting center, the nonprofit has unveiled a new plan that uses advanced technology to process food waste from homes and schools.

Tisbury’s outgoing town administrator John (Jay) Grande is facing an ethics complaint filed by a town employee who claims he was improperly working with an engineering firm that has several projects in the local permitting process.

The select board will interview Sonia Alves-Viveiros and Joseph J. LaCivita at noon on Wednesday for the town’s top post, with current town administrator John (Jay) Grande set to step down at the end of the year.

Less than six months after voting to end paid advertising aboard its ferries, the Steamship Authority board of governors rescinded the decision Monday.

MV Youth this week gave $2.3 million in grants to the YMCA, the Chilmark preschool, Martha's Vineyard Ocean Academy and ACE MV.