MV Youth workforce grants fund education for students looking to enter non-traditional four-year colleges and professional career paths.

Hippies, relatives, journalists, rock and roll legends and friends packed the Chilmark Community Center on Monday to pay their respects.

With two local races attracting voter interest, town clerks and poll workers around the Island were reporting steady turnout Tuesday for the state primary. Polls are open in every town from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

With summer at the halfway point, Island businesses have begun to tally the numbers.

Last Friday the Martha’s Vineyard Museum celebrated the beginning of the summer season at the corner of Cooke and School streets.

At 6 feet, 6 inches, and 230 pounds, Sharks pitcher and Oak Bluffs native James Sashin has quite an appetite. But parents Howie and Cheryll make sure that he never goes hungry.