Erik G. Blake, chief of police for Oak Bluffs, has been elected to serve as the president of the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association.

Mr. Blake is the first Vineyard chief to lead the Grafton-based organization. He will be sworn in on Dec. 12 in Falmouth, and will serve for one year.

Down a dirt road in West Tisbury is a magical place where bunnies are friends with miniature horses, fish swimming in the tanks arrive on boats and a White’s tree frog named Large Marge is the unofficial mascot.

Island Grown Initiative is one step closer to transforming Thimble Farm into a local food source for Island schools.

This Thanksgiving’s Macy’s parade will feature the usual faces: a giant turkey, Santa, an inflatable Charlie Brown balloon. And yet one face on television will be familiar to folks on Martha’s Vineyard for more personal reasons.

The Oak Bluffs harbor is closed to shellfishing until further notice following a minor oil spill Wednesday morning.

The Edey Foundation is accepting applications to fund nonprofit conservation and environmental programs.