Numbers from the SSA, Martha’s Vineyard Commission and Vineyard Transit Authority confirm that cars and traffic are on the increase.

Negotiations between the regional high school district committee and a group that wants to upgrade and maintain the school playing fields have been fraught with disagreement since June, with key terms of a contract still hanging as of this week.

For five weeks this summer, hundreds of Martha’s Vineyard children had a place to eat lunch for free.

The lobster roll economy on Martha’s Vineyard is booming — fundraising operations that generate, by conservative estimate, more than $430,000 annually for nonprofit organizations.