The town and county of Nantucket have filed a legal challenge over the approval process for SouthCoast Wind, a 141-turbine offshore wind energy project planned for the waters south of the island.

With Memorial Day and the summer season on the horizon, Vineyard vacation rental agents are seeing an unfamiliar sight: availability in July and August. 

The Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association, which runs the FAIR plan for Bay Staters struggling to get insurance from other companies, is now allowing customers to get at least partial insurance with them for properties worth more than $1 million. 

The first potential project with a municipal employee preference will also head to town meeting floor this year, with Island Housing Trust asking if the towns are willing to help pay for a teacher housing project in West Tisbury.

Aimee Cotton is now facing a manslaughter charge after the young boy she was babysitting last week died at Massachusetts General Hospital.

The largest seasonal airline at Martha’s Vineyard Airport will not start its summer schedule until June, with flights to Washington, D.C. beginning on June 12 and flights to New York starting on June 26.