The air was sweet at the Agricultural Hall on Saturday morning, for many reasons: the freshly cut Jack-o'-lanterns, the spray of the cider press, the fumes of antique diesel, the autumn leaves.

The Department of Homeland Security announced sweeping changes to its H-2B seasonal worker visa program include nearly doubling the cap on visas in 2023.

Chilmark police chief Jonathan Klaren will retire from his post in 2023, he announced in a letter to the Chilmark select board Tuesday.

Representatives from both Islands came together on Tuesday to discuss housing and other shared issues during a rare joint meeting that included nearly two dozen select board members.

The West Tisbury select board and the town’s affordable housing committee are still grappling with a recent dust-up that saw a contractor withdraw from a proposed affordable housing project in the town.

A lifetime of father-daughter fishing trips paid off on Sunday afternoon, when Elizabeth O'Brien won the grand prize Eastern boat to close out the 77th annual MV Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby.