Sail MV has named John Kettlewell, currently the communications manager for Saratoga PLAN, the new executive director of the nonprofit community sailing program.

Overworked umbrellas, delayed work for highway crews and landscape companies — the rainy weather this fall has been a predominant theme.

The loud crunch of a claw excavator cutting into a roof line was in the air Tuesday morning as demolition of the former Hinckley’s lumber yard began.

The annual shotgun deer season got underway this week on Martha’s Vineyard, and several days of good hunting weather helped Island hunters bag 124 white-tail deer through Thursday morning.

Bundled to the chins, Islanders and visitors alike flocked to Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary in Edgartown Friday for the 38th annual fall festival.

Following a defeat by voters in the ballot box last week, Oak Bluffs leaders said this week they are uncertain about the next steps for the new town hall building project.