Basil should grow with no strings attached. So, it was clearly a string of bad luck that befell an Edgartown gardener when she noticed strange threads on her herbs. 

How quickly the tides turn! In early June we were still talking about birds that were headed to their northern breeding grounds.

Oversand vehicle trails on Chappaquiddick have been partly reopened after a weekend of closures to protect nesting piping plovers, the Trustees of Reservations announced. All trails to Cape Pogue remain closed to vehicles.

Seth’s Pond in West Tisbury has been closed all month due to high bacteria counts, but town health authorities said Monday they are hopeful the popular swimming hole can be reopened soon.

Late Monday night the gibbous moon appears right under the bright planet Saturn, low in the southeastern sky.

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission voted 10-6 to approve the regional high school athletic field project at a dramatic meeting Thursday night, capping a long-running and often acrimonious debate over synthetic turf fields.