Island dentists strongly back fluoridation as a preventive health measure.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Oak Bluffs Mulls Ending Fluoridation, Reigniting Debate Over Benefits, Risks
Owner Kathy Lola Domitrovich gets ready to welcome patrons at Friday night's opening.
Sydney Bender
Title: Lola's Returns to Add Cajun Spice to Oak Bluffs
Mark Jenkins, Dawn Bellante Holand, Mary Nada and Beth Toomey.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Vineyard House Expands Footprint
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Mars by the Dashboard Light
Scenic Nobska Point a familiar sight to Islanders and sailors.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Tower Near Nobska Point Light to Come Down
Leonard Jason Jr. and fellow commissioners listen on last night of public testimony.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Stop & Shop Hearing Closes; Deliberations Begin Next Month
Students prepare for the high school garden benefit to be held Saturday at the Sweet Life Cafe.
Alison L. Mead
Title: High School Students Cook Up a Feast to Help Grow the Next One
Voters stand to be counted Wednesday night during CPC spending question.
Ivy Ashe
Title: Tisbury Finishes Two-Night Town Meeting; Override Still to Be Decided
Moderator Everett Poole kept things moving at the Chilmark Community Center Monday night.
Peter Simon
Title: Chilmark Rejects Squibnocket Plan, Favoring More Study
Sand bags line the Wacks property on Chappaquiddick, an attempt to stall erosion.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Citizen Scientists Zoom in on Norton Point Breach
This will be the third year Lily Walter has run a CSA at Slip Away Farm on Chappaquiddick.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Staying True to the Land, Small Farms Try to Stay Viable
When town line looks like this, there's bound to be confusion.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Walking the Line in Chilmark and Aquinnah
Rushing waters of Mill Brook are classic trout territory.
Albert O. Fischer
Title: Then as Now, Stalking the Elusive Trout
Commissioners will gather tonight for eighth public hearing about Stop & Shop project.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Public Sentiment Running High, Stop & Shop Hearing Continues Tonight
Dredging can have negative effects pertaining to an increase in traffic of larger recreational vessels.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Health of Menemsha Pond at Stake
Warren Doty at town meeting Monday night. Mr. Doty won re-election Wednesday.
Peter Simon
Title: Chilmark Passes Budget Overrides, Re-elects Warren Doty
Ready to stock Duarte's Pond on Thursday, two days before annual kids' trout tournament.
Ivy Ashe
Title: Pond Stocked, Tangle Tent Ready; Kid's Trout Tournament Reels Them In
Diseased sycamore maple on Robinson Road will come down.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Shade Trees, Taxi Issues Occupy Edgartown Selectmen
Scout the cat needs a home.
Alison L. Mead
Title: Please Adopt Us
Last year the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head began to assert its rights to build a gaming facility on land it owns in Aquinnah.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Federal Ruling Favors Alabama Tribe in Casino Rights Case
Rose-breasted grosbeak spotted at an Oak Bluffs feeder.
Lanny McDowell
Title: Rare Bird Alert
Dock leaves can also provide relief for irritation from stinging nettles.
Albert O. Fischer
Title: The Green Season Begins
With moderator Deborah Medders presiding, Tisbury annual town meeting will continue Wednesday.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Tisbury Town Meeting Continues to Second Night
Laurel Redington, husband Ray Whitaker and daughter Tessa injured in car accident in Virginia last weekend.
Anthony Esposito
Title: Vineyarders Rally Around Families Injured in Off-Island Car Accident
One plus to cool weather means spring flowers stay around longer.
Timothy Johnson
Title: Staying a Step Ahead of Mother Nature
Paper ballots showed voters favored more study on Squibnocket plan by a slim margin.
Peter Simon
Title: Town Postpones Action on Squibnocket Plan
Stephen Nixon at high school graduation in June 2012.
Ivy Ashe
Title: High School Principal Stephen Nixon Resigns
Despite the rain, horse lovers from all over the Island turned out for the horse council's open house at Woodbe Farm.
Alison L. Mead
Title: Jumping for Joy at the Horse Council Open House
A group of about 30 people walked two miles along Beach Road in honor of victims of sexual assault.
Alison L. Mead
Title: Walk Honors Victims of Sexual Assault
Mars dominates the evening sky, lights at the roundabout dominate below.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Where Art Thou Milky Way?