Everyone will be paying more to travel aboard Steamship Authority ferries next year, following a unanimous vote by the boat line board of governors Thursday morning.

A family of three swam to the small island and sought refuge in a barn after the fire broke out in their boat off the Vineyard.

Circuit Arts will host Spirits and Spirits: Hotel Le Grange, at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury from Oct. 28 to 31. The Halloween show features the arts, ghost stories and a recreation of a 1930s hotel lobby for the spooky season.

Resident Jessica Roddy has been calling attention to the potential dangers of the "forever chemicals" to town officials since she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer this summer.

The Island next month will officially become a new home to The Great Blizzards, an all-ages special needs ice hockey team with three other locations in Massachusetts.

A campaign to fly the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) flag outside of Island schools gained support from the up-Island regional school committee Monday.