Rain and wind lashed the Vineyard for a second straight day Thursday as tropical storm Jose churned seas. Ferries are cancelled.

Cronig’s Market will withdraw from the popular Island Club discount program, touching off a stir of conversation on social media and in grocery aisles.

Chilmark siblings Frank, Heidi and Peter Dunkl will receive this year’s Creative Living Award, the Permanent Endowment for Martha’s Vineyard has announced.

Capping a summer of tense community relations and damaged confidence in the leadership at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, the interim president and chief executive officer pledged this week to do better by the Island.

Santander Bank will close two of its four branches on Martha’s Vineyard before the end of the year, including the historic stone bank in Vineyard Haven.

Two months after the sudden firing of president and chief executive officer Joe Woodin, hospital trustees remain behind closed doors.