On a sunny July 5, a fresh breeze brought 17 boats across to Falmouth in the Holmes Hole Sunday Sound race.

Jeannie Wright battled her increasingly debilitating diabetes with a new attitude, an insulin pump and determination to lose weight. Now she's using her newfound fitness to educate others and help raise money for the American Diabetes Association.

For the first time, Martha’s Vineyard sent a girls team to the Massachusetts youth soccer Tournament of Champions.

With the Fourth of July holiday and peak summer boating season under way, the U.S. Coast Guard, local police departments, and town harbor masters are pledging extra vigilance on the water, enforcing state laws to prevent life-threatening accidents.

The decline of the Vineyard's fisheries has little to do with a lack of fish and more to do with lack of access, Island fishermen say. A new regulatory system tends to favor larger companies that can afford to purchase quota from other fishermen and reinvest in equipment.