Jessie Benton’s comfortable summer home in Chilmark was just a shack on a windy hill when her parents, the painters Thomas Hart Benton and Rita Piacenza, bought it in 1923.

Sam Sifton, food editor and columnist for The New York Times, will take the stage at 2 p.m. on Oct. 24 as part of a long weekend of culinary events known as the Martha’s Vineyard Food & Wine Festival.

The Steamship Authority aired a preliminary plan this week to raise rates in 2020 to cover increased expenses resulting from last year’s comprehensive review of operations by outside consultants.

Vineyarders say early morning freight boat is essential; Woods Hole residents say their quality of life is damaged due to the noise.

The 14th annual Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival took flight Thursday evening with a bee-themed opening party at the Film Center in Vineyard Haven.

When it comes to Martha’s Vineyard stories, Linsey Lee literally wrote the book with Vineyard Voices: Words, Faces and Voices of Island People.