On Tuesday morning I sat in my truck overlooking Menemsha Harbor as heavy rain poured down, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled in the distance. I looked toward the jetties and saw fishermen walking back on the rocks at a fairly fast pace.

Island activists and local lawmakers say they will keep the pressure on Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station owners to decommission the aging boiling water reactor quickly and safely, following a decision to close the plant.

The new Steamship Authority ferry will ply the route between Woods Hole and Oak Bluffs beginning next spring, the town selectmen learned this week.

The Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce recognized 40 young professionals in the Island business community this year.

The first phase in a study of Vineyard northern long-eared bats has shed light on roosting behavior, but left a key question unanswered.

Thirty-seven of the 65 living members of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School graduating class of 1965 attended their 50th reunion on the weekend of Sept. 26 and 27.