A divided Martha’s Vineyard Commission voted 8-7 Thursday to approve plans for the Ocean View Hotel, a 26-room seasonal hotel in East Chop with an additional apartment for the manager and two dormitory rooms for up to eight employees.

A new report from the Martha's Vineyard Commission points to loneliness and isolation as one of the major concerns faced by Island seniors.

A West Tisbury couple’s proposal for a home-based automobile repair shop has been met with vehement resistance from other property owners in the Vineyard Meadow Farms neighborhood. 

The Tisbury planning board’s quest for a special designation to protect the remains of a historic pathway drew both support and opposition at a pub

After nearly four hours of deliberation, commissioners agreed that while the town and Island urgently need housing — particularly the 12 low-income units in the Edgartown Gardens plan — the proposed three-story development was too massive for its location off Upper Main street in Edgartown.