The African American Heritage Trail is traveling across the Sound. On Tuesday, Nov. 18, in partnership with the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole and Falmouth Public Schools, the trail will dedicate its 42nd site.

The cost of services shared by public schools on Martha’s Vineyard could be going up by nearly 9 per cent, superintendent Richard Smith told the all-Island school committee Monday night as he presented an $11.4 million draft budget for the coming fiscal year.

The Oak Bluffs wastewater commission determined this week that the town will not have the wastewater flow to support Green Villa, the largest Island housing project in recent memory, until roughly 2031.

For Miles Wolff, growing up with the Island sailing scene served as a launchpad to his college career on the water. This fall, he captained his team at the College of Charleston to win the Kennedy Cup on Nov. 2.

In response to the Trump administration’s decision to cut November SNAP benefits amid the government shutdown, the Martha’s Vineyard Community Foundation has released $25,000 to support food equity programs on the Island.

In the battle to prevent further pollution of the Vineyard’s ponds, Island officials are eying a new way of disposing human waste: cutting-edge toilets.