On the Great Plains of Katama surrounding Herring Creek Farm in Edgartown, broad fields of sandplain grasslands rippled in the gusty winds as spring unfolded in all its glory this week.

The family room in the women’s building at Vineyard House, the Island’s only sober living community, will be named for Lucy Cox, a longtime supporter of the the organization and its mission.

Ronald H. Rappaport, the respected and ubiquitous Martha’s Vineyard attorney whose work cut across nearly every aspect of Island life, died unexpectedly Friday night in Vineyard Haven

In 1972, the Vineyard was largely undeveloped, a quiet place with a scattering of mostly modest summer homes. The natural landscape was unspoiled with broad, open vistas to the sea. There was no zoning except for small areas in the town centers.

The creation of the Martha's Vineyard Commission harks back to meetings around kitchen tables in the late 1960s and early 1970s when the first comprehensive zoning maps were drafted for the Island.

The Martha’s Vineyard real estate market in 2023 began to level off after two straight years of an unprecedented surge in sales and pricing.