The body of a Fairhaven man who likely jumped overboard from the New Bedford high-speed ferry to the Vineyard last month was found along a isolated stretch of beach on West Chop Saturday, police said.

The body of Walter Tyler, 28, was found around 7:45 a.m. near the West Chop pier along a north facing beach. Police said the body was partially decomposed, and was found wearing the same clothing Mr. Tyler was wearing when he boarded the fast ferry last month.

West Tisbury private landowners bordering Mill Brook may be eligible for a state program that offers to pay 75 per cent of costs associated with cl

West Tisbury selectmen last week decided to race the bureaucratic clock to clean up the Mill Pond.

Bill and Lynne Macomber have just returned from Hershey, Pa., where they were vendors at an Antique Automobile Club of America flea market, along with about 10,000 other vendors. The annual event is the largest such gathering in the world and is attended by people from all over the globe. In the back of their 1940 Ford Panel Truck, they transported an Antique Motorcycle Club of America award-winning 1936 Indian motorcycle that Bill had restored.

Hello, Peyton Lee

Meghan Montesion and Robert Tabares of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Peyton Lee Tabares, born on Oct. 14 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Peyton weighed 9 pounds at birth.

Looking for nonstop fun and excitement? Then go to the new Tilton’s Market at the Union Street Mall in Vineyard Haven when the UPS delivery van shows up.

The man in brown looked startled last Monday morning as Kathleen and Tania Tilton whooped and hollered at his appearance, and as they opened cartons of teas and coffees and exotic foods to further stock their new specialty food boutique around the corner from Riley’s Reads.