Three sitting select board members have decided to step down this year, creating rare chances for non-incumbents to enter the political scene.

Vineyard Steamship Authority governor James Malkin was reappointed to a second three-year term by the Dukes County Commission Wednesday.

Responding to complaints last year, the owners of Back Door Donuts have cooked up new plans to make things a little sweeter for the neighbors this season.

The boys hockey team, girls hockey team and boys basketball team have made it into the winter sports playoffs and have their first matchups this week.

A first of its kind Lyme disease vaccine trial ran into a road block last weekend as the developers announced they had discontinued the study for about half of the thousands of participants in the U.S. — including those on Martha’s Vineyard.

Two newcomers are challenging the sitting Martha’s Vineyard representative on the Steamship Authority’s board of governors.