The early cold snap this year causes our furry friends to seek warm places to sleep.

After considerable debate, Oak Bluffs voters approved a bylaw regulating the location of medical marijuana dispensaries at a special town meeting Tuesday night. With the vote, three sites in town will now be included in a medical marijuana overlay district and opened to special permitting.

The chairman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) vowed Tuesday to move ahead with plans to build a class II gaming facility in Aquinnah —

Preservation and stewardship are crucial themes in the next phase for the old Gay Head Light.

The national holiday dawned clear and cold with gusty winds. A parade begins at 10:30 this morning in Oak Bluffs.

A showery evening should give way to partly sunny skies in the morning as Martha Vineyard honors its veterans. The festivities begin at 7:30 a.m. at the Oak Grove Cemetery in Vineyard Haven with the installation of the Avenue of Flags, followed by a parade in Oak Bluffs starting at 10:45 a.m.