As teachers and students prepare to start classes in September, Martha's Vineyard Public Schools new superintendent Richie Smith is sizing up the challenges ahead.

Local actions alone won't be enough to stem sea level rise and the increasing frequency of major storms.

Solving a series of Island problems is part of the revised mission of the Martha's Vineyard Center for Education and Training (MVCET).

The future of the Tisbury School reconstruction project rests entirely on the Sept. 20 special town meeting, after the select board on August 24 unanimously rescinded a town election that was tentatively set for Oct. 4.

Island Elderly Housing has sued the Martha's Vineyard Commission following the conditional approval early this summer of a small affordable housing development for senior Islanders.