Against a backdrop of explosive population growth and traffic congestion in the summer months, a draft transportation plan released by the MVC outlines a series of goals and projects for the next quarter century on the Island.

A home in the Oyster Watcha Midlands section of Edgartown sold this week for $24.75 million, just shy of the record price for single family home sales on the Vineyard, set nine years ago. The sellers are Megan and Warren Adams.

The vast majority of respondents to a survey conducted this year by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission named the Five Corners intersection in Vineyard Haven as the most dangerous area on the Island.

A celebration of life for longtime Edgartown resident Norman Bridwell, illustrator and author of the Clifford the Big Red Dog series, will be held on Monday, July 20 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Federated Church in Edgartown.

The animal shelter is the place to hear both the saddest and the happiest stories.