While government gridlock remains the order of the day in Washington, it is reassuring to see civic engagement alive and well on Martha’s Vineyard.

Debate over the Civil War statue in Oak Bluffs is turning into something of its own civil war, and it’s time the selectmen showed some leadership.

The daffodils have been brilliant this year, from the earliest tiny jonquils to the sturdy yellow standard types that bloom in great profusion along Island roadsides.

Now that the three largest Island towns have defeated a plan to create an Islandwide housing bank designed to provide more housing for year-round residents, the next step seems obvious: go back to the drawing board.

A long overdue renovation of the regional high school got kicked further down the road this week by Oak Bluffs voters, who refused to fund a share

On the cusp of a new decade, along with lengthening days, a greening landscape and the return of the osprey, the annual political season has arrived again on the Island.