With the deadline now past to apply for commercial casino licenses in Massachusetts, the chairman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) said the tribe will not pursue a class three license from the state but will continue to press for a high-stakes bingo hall in Aquinnah.

The town of Oak Bluffs has ordered an East Chop summer resident to remove a series of illegal additions from a large home building project on Dempster Park that has angered neighbors and sparked a protracted legal process. At a meeting last week the Oak Bluffs zoning board of appeals voted to uphold building inspector James Dunn's enforcement order to Dr. Leslie Hayling, a New Jersey dentist and longtime summer resident who has been rebuilding a home and garage apartment on Dempster Park for the past 10 years.

Fighting back from an early goal deficit against visiting Dennis-Yarmouth, the boys' hockey squad defeated the Dolphins 3-2 to became the third Vin

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Vineyard Gazette presents a chronicle of selected texts from our archive pertaining to the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King Jr. as they intersected with life on Martha's Vineyard.

The Vineyard girls' hockey team won the consolation game but failed to nab a top spot at the Nan Rheault Tournament, held this weekend at the Martha’s Vineyard Arena. Meanwhile, the boys’ squad had a more sucsesful day Saturday, shutting down visiting Somerset for a 4-0 win.