The classic French restaurant that has been a Main street fixture in Vineyard Haven for 37 years, will come under new ownership this fall. Susan and Stephen Bowen, who own the Waterside Market and Blue Canoe Grill, are the new owners. A closing is planned for Nov. 28.

In the unanimous vote Tuesday night, which came over the loud objection of neighbors, the town planning board cited a dire need for rental housing.

“We have a traffic problem but we have a housing crisis,” said board member Robert Sparks.

How do Hansel and Gretel decorate their home, and are there any fairy godmothers or elves, even, who reside in the Oak Bluffs Camp Ground?

When Anthony Holand answered an ad for an apprentice metal sculptor in the Vineyard Gazette 17 years ago, he had no idea that it would lead to a career.

The minute I get the Martha’s Vineyard Real Estate Yearbook with home sales by town and neighborhood, I tear through the pages to see what homes sold for in Chilmark where we live.

Ben Moore’s house in West Tisbury is easy to miss. A window or two and a modest gabled roof are all that show through a tall row of hedges at the end of a dirt road near the center of town.