Island ponds are a connection to cultural heritage and a livelihood for fishermen. But housing booms and land-use changes threaten to undo a delicate balance.

 Who doesn’t love seeing meteors falling from the heavens at unpredictable moments on a warm summer night.

Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation has received a $40,000 grant to help restore the Mill Brook at the Roth Woodlands property in Chilmark.

Liz Witham and Ken Wentworth care about the environment. And they want you to care, too. The couple are documentary filmmakers whose series, Sustainable Vineyard, studies humanity’s relationship with nature.

There has been a lot of family activity around recently. Go just about anywhere, and the birds that you see are likely taking care of their young.

Micro-habitats on the Vineyard are really important, National Park Service director Jonathan Jarvis said in a brief interview with the Gazette Monday. Mr. Jarvis was on the Island to attend a private fundraiser.