David McCullough and Evan Thomas, two presidential historians with long ties to Martha's Vineyard, share their perspectives on the 2016 presidential race.

A landmark energy bill passed in the final hours of the legislative session Sunday opens the door to offshore wind energy, but prevents Cape Wind from competing for state-required energy contracts.

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank will significantly expand its hilltop Middle Ridge Preserve in Chilmark with the purchase of 19.8 acres off Tea Lane.

She has prowled Island bookstores, gone crabbing in the Oyster Pond and pored over old records stored in the vault at the Edgartown town hall. Hillary Clinton’s ties to Martha’s Vineyard were forged well before she sought political office for herself.

Following a wave of public opposition this spring and summer, the Tisbury board of health will likely abandon a proposed nitrogen tax in favor of new rules that would require denitrifying septic systems in the Lake Tashmoo and Lagoon Pond watersheds.