The Executive Office for Administration and Finance eliminated funding in FY 2015 legislative appropriation, including funding for shellfish propagation in Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties.

When people think about what they have to be grateful for in their lives here on Martha’s Vineyard, few would argue that a good home is near the top of the list.

Mark London, executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission, intends to retire at the end of August 2015, and finding his replacement has become one of the commission’s high priorities.

I am a big Beatles fan. And because of that, I am a connoisseur of good music. The program produced at the Oak Bluffs School was top of the line.

President Obama kissed as many as five million illegal immigrants.

Last Friday, the Edgartown patrolmen’s association sponsored its annual senior fall feast, a sumptuous dinner offered free to all Edgartown seniors.