The southward migration begins in July and continues all the way into January. But it is not the same birds migrating the whole time.

The Oak Bluffs side of Sengekontacket Pond will be closed to recreational and commercial bay scalloping for the 2015-2016 season.

Restaurateurs, home cooks and brave foodies gathered together Sunday for the sixth annual Local Wild Food Challenge.

The Gay Head Light will close on Monday until next spring, marking the end of its first season in a new location and the beginning of a multi-year restoration project for the historic brick-and-masonry tower and its surroundings.

Chilmark selectmen on Tuesday signed a lease agreement with the Squibnocket Homeowners Association, formalizing a central feature of a project to restore Squibnocket Beach.

Oak Bluffs selectmen reversed a decision made two weeks earlier and voted unanimously to reject all bids to restore the failing North Bluff coastal bank and seawall after a protest from one of the companies which bid on the project.