A decisive win over Nauset/Cape Tech Saturday afternoon will send the team to the state tournament. They are undefeated in league play. Boys' basketball also qualified.

In the weeks since the death of organizer Steven James in a duck hunting accident, Islanders have speculated about the future of the tournament, which brought crowds and controversy to the town for 27 years. Now two have applied to take over the contest.

The Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank plans a second off-Island location in the former TD Bank building on Palmer avenue. Pending regulator approval, the branch will open in May.

With the much-discussed big-house bylaw now a fact of life in Chilmark, discussion at the town planning board this week turned to preservation of h

As the Stop & Shop presses its expansion plan in front of the Martha's Vineyard Commission, focus shifts to a potential redesign of the town-owned parking lot adjacent to the store.

The financially-strapped Vineyard Nursing Association has signed an agreement to sell its operations on both Islands to Cape Cod Healthcare, a large consortium that owns a visiting nurse agency.