Alpha-gal syndrome cases on Martha’s Vineyard continued to rise in 2025, with the number of positive tests for the red meat allergy in the first 11 months of the year nearly totaling the last five years combined. 

Thursday marked the official launch of Tick Free MV, an organization of concerned year-round and seasonal residents looking to improve public health on the Vineyard by reducing its tick population through various initiatives.

The high school winter sports season has arrived on the Vineyard, and the Island’s student-athletes are ramping up their practices in anticipation of the first games next week.

A state police spokesman on Wednesday said Christina Colarusso, 35, of Tisbury, was issued a criminal summons on charges of breaking and entering a vessel and trespassing stemming from an incident last week. 

The Chilmark select board gave the green light for police chief Sean Slavin to begin talks with the police union to aid the Aquinnah police department, which currently has only one officer in its department.

The Island Community Chorus brings its latest holiday concerts to the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown this weekend, with performances Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.