The popular downtown Edgartown restaurant Rockfish has been sold to Island restaurateur Mike Santoro, as the Oak Bluffs and Vineyard Haven business owner expands into his third down-Island town.

Al’s Package Store and the large commercial property that it anchors on Edgartown’s Upper Main Street have sold to two separate buyers, as the historic family business changes hands. The real estate sold for $4.25 million.

The Department of Homeland Security announced sweeping changes to its H-2B seasonal worker visa program include nearly doubling the cap on visas in 2023.

The owner of Lambert’s Cove Inn withrew a special permit application for outdoor dining after neighbors continued to push back against the proposal.

Small business owners offered many variations on a single theme: it is hard to build a business in a seasonal economy where expenses are rising and labor supply dwindling, even when demand is as strong as ever.

To define how West Tisbury responds to increased calls for commercial use, the select board appointed a zoning change advisory committee with a mandate to advise the planning board on zoning regulation changes regarding food trucks and commercial sales in the town's rural and village districts.