Martha’s Vineyard public schools superintendent Richard M. Smith has announced that he will retire at the end of June, 2026.

A New Jersey couple’s proposal to partially demolish, relocate and expand their vintage East Chop house has drawn warm, but not universal support from nearby Oak Bluffs residents as the Martha’s Vineyard Commission begins its review of the project.

Plans for a three-story, 26-room hotel on the old Ocean View restaurant site in Oak Bluffs have spurred a unified resistance campaign among East Chop residents.

Show Me the Way to Go Home is a thought-provoking and poignant group exhibition at the Workshop Gallery in Vineyard Haven by 15 artists from on and off the Island.

Higher costs for ferry and terminal maintenance and other operating expenses, combined with an overall decline in revenue, are spurring the Steamship Authority to consider raising rates in 2026.

In Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library, which runs through Sept. 27 at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, playwright Jenny Lyn Bader has created a subtle intellectual thriller.