Since 1990, the Menemsha bike ferry has shepherded people back and forth across Menemsha harbor. It's a lifeline for many a bicyclist who otherwise would have to cycle an extra seven miles or so around Menemsha Pond.

The Martha's Vineyard Fishermen's Preservation Trust is working to buy and rebuild the iconic fishing vessel with plans to use it for historical and education programs, including fishing.

Chilmark voters head to a special town meeting tonight, Sept. 26, to vote on a proposed dock upgrade in Menemsha.

The next step for the ongoing Menemsha commercial dock replacement will be a special town meeting on Monday, Sept. 26, aiming to appropriate $44,000 in town funding.

Committees from Edgartown and Chilmark shuttled up to the state house last week and came back with nearly $300,000 in grant funding for coastal resiliency and climate change planning.

A 31-foot sailing vessel was pulled from the beach at Menemsha and refloated Thursday morning after it had run aground four days earlier.