The trails in the West Chop Woods have been temporarily closed due to concerns that an infestation of beetles has left the trees there too brittle

The homes of West Chop have been listening to a chorus of chainsaws this fall as the march of the devastating southern pine beetle progresses into residential areas. 

My last family vacation to the Vineyard with my parents before I moved out on my own was complicated by the need to make a difficult decision.

When he was 10 author Amor Towles put a note in a bottle that read something like “if this makes it to China . . . please write back.”

Once located on Beach Street in Vineyard Haven where the Stop & Shop now stands, the Great House served for years as a tavern before being moved to its present location on West Chop.

The West Chop home overlooking Vineyard Haven Harbor sold for for $7.2 million. The buyer is David Grain, a private equity manager and 1980 graduate of the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School.