Volunteers carrying large feed bags dotted the Island’s beaches Saturday as they collected trash for the Vineyard Conservation Society’s 24th annual Earth Day Beach Cleanup.

Randall Jette, a football standout from Martha’s Vineyard who went on to play for UMass, is headed to the NFL after signing with the Green Bay Packers.

Traveling from polluted Taunton River to Sengekontacket Pond, quahaugs cleanse themselves as nature intended.

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission has unanimously approved two projects designed to adapt to an eroding shoreline at Squibnocket Beach. Both will head back to the town for final reviews.

To celebrate Arbor Day a Stewartia tree was planted next to the Chilmark Community Center in honor of Herbert Hancock, a long time Chilmark selectman who died in 2001.