The South Road home, owned by eight generations of the same family for more than 300 years, is getting its most complete makeover since it was built in 1713.

A proposed bylaw amendment aims to preserve pre-Civil War houses in Chilmark by amending the residential building size bylaw.

This historic footage of a home movie shot in 1932 shows villagers attempting to dig a canal by hand to open Norton Point Beach to the sea, part of a town effort to invigorate the shellfish beds at Katama Bay.

As the Gay Head Lighthouse begins its relocation, a similar, if much smaller, move is being prepared. The original Gay Head lantern will be moved from the Martha’s Vineyard Museum’s Edgartown location to Vineyard Haven.

When Edgartown voters gather next week for their annual town meeting, preserving town history will be among the items on the agenda.

It is human nature to wonder how much things change over time, and the springtime arrival dates of our summer resident birds is no exception.