A few hundred alternative systems are installed on Martha's Vineyard, mostly in Edgartown and Oak Bluffs. The technology could help achieve nitrogen mitigation in Island coastal ponds.

Airport manager Sean Flynn has been placed on administrative leave with pay, following a Friday morning closed-door session with the Martha’s Vineyard Airport Commission.

A U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs program intended to create better access to health care for veterans in remote locations, including on Martha’s Vineyard, has instead left them angry and frustrated.

On Sept. 10 the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard, as a member of Friends of the Animals, conducted another successful spay/neuter clinic.

Dick Lehr began covering Boston mob boss James (Whitey) Bulger in 1988, and later coauthored a book about Whitey. This week he saw the work transformed into a major motion picture.