Regular removal of phragmites is an effective and efficient way to improve the health of coastal ponds, a study has found.

With the crunch of an excavator’s bucket, the Woods Hole Steamship Authority terminal began the process of being reduced to a pile of rubble.

West Tisbury selectmen are considering how to word an agreement with the owner of the first medical marijuana dispensary and cultivation facility.

After a year of rising concern about North Atlantic right whales, scientists have yet to document a single newborn whale during calving season.

Improvements around Gay Head Light and changing town assessors from elected to appointed will come before Aquinnah voters at a special town meeting Tuesday.

Eversource will not spray herbicides around power lines on the Island this year, but debate is far from over as the utility giant files a five-year plan that would allow continued spraying.