In its 18th year, the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival is still finding ways to push boundaries.

From the Chilmark Store to Inkwell Beach in Oak Bluffs, Vineyarders of every stripe gathered to celebrate Independence Day. The day dawned hot and sunny.

As the nation’s birthday nears, the congregation at the Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs reflected on what it was like to live in America 50 years ago.

More than 350 people gathered at Five Corners in Vineyard Haven Saturday morning to join a nationwide protest against U.S. immigration policies.

A state plan for major improvements on Beach Road in Vineyard Haven is set to begin in the fall of 2019, but property owners continue to harbor serious concerns.

With recreational marijuana sales set to begin this summer in Massachusetts, the legal pot industry has yet to fully arrive on the Island.