An Island worker and his teenage son who were out fishing off Menemsha this week were detained by the U.S. Coast Guard and ...

Though the numbers still pale in comparison to the deer tick and lone star tick populations, Island tick researchers say they ...

Meshacket Commons aims to serve Island residents with incomes between 30 per cent and 100 per cent of the Dukes County area median income for the rental properties and between 90 per cent and 120 per ...

As the daylight lengthens and the energy picks up and the birdsong grows more robust, the time feels ripe for new beginnings. After all, everything is in bloom, so why not join the party. Water, ...

Tides will run extreme through the weekend. Two astronomical events are taking place, making our high tides higher than normal and our low tides remarkably low.

In this week's 10-minute wrap-up from the Vineyard Gazette newsroom, we hear what students and teachers have to say about the 67-year-old high school and why they think a renovation and expansion is ...

Gardeners, tick experts, town officials and companies that do the spraying have all said that the rise of the lone star tick ...

My daughter Leya came into the world on a warm day in May, with eyes so wide and dark they seemed to eclipse her round, storybook face.

I attended most of the Katama Meadows hearing on Thursday night and want to write to express my concerns about the project.

What a horrible article on the Chappy Ferry in the Boston Globe. To describe owner Peter Wells as a vindictive Santa Claus is so wrong.

The Vineyard Gazette Media Group announces a new Young Writers Award essay contest answering the question: What does community mean to you? Submissions must be 800 words or less. The contest is open ...