Residents from Edgartown to Aquinnah this week weighed in on an effort to increase the Island’s stock of affordable housing as a series of workshops began.

The Smithsonian Institution's new National Museum of African American Culture and History documents the story of the African American community in Oak Bluffs.

In honor of the opening of the Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, the Vineyard Gazette is adding a new collection on the history of African Americans on the Island to its own digital archives.

The evening was cool and the sky a pale purple last week as Friday night football returned.

Next week Alaskans and New Englanders will gather for a conference about whaling in the Arctic, with events in New Bedford, Nantucket, and on the Vineyard.