A public hearing about the proposed expansion of the Edgartown Stop & Shop store is slated to begin Thursday before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission.

Debate continued last week before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission over Verizon’s plan to raise a communication tower in Vineyard Haven.

Capping a summer of tense community relations and damaged confidence in the leadership at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, the interim president and chief executive officer pledged this week to do better by the Island.

Santander Bank will close two of its four branches on Martha’s Vineyard before the end of the year, including the historic stone bank in Vineyard Haven.

Numbers from the SSA, Martha’s Vineyard Commission and Vineyard Transit Authority confirm that cars and traffic are on the increase.

A Vineyard hotelier with plans to convert a historic Cuttyhunk house into a resort has halted the process amid vocal objections from residents on the tiny island.