The board of health is putting the final touches on a new nitrogen policy that aims to protect the health of Lake Tashmoo and the Lagoon Pond while satisfying concerns of property owners.

For 20 years, Featherstone Center for the Arts has offered a home for Island artists, making the most of its old barns and stables. But with a major donation this summer, the center is looking toward the future.

Vital child care and housing rehabilitation funds on Martha’s Vineyard may face dramatic cuts as a result of proposed changes to the state’s Community Development Block Grant program.

As the Island prepared for Tropical Storm Hermine on Sunday, a black racer snake named Miss Audrey was seeking shelter of her own.

As the Chilmark planning board moves forward in its efforts to revamp the town master plan, selectmen have urged a slow approach. A planning subcommittee has been gathering feedback.

At a turbulent public hearing before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission last week, a plan by the Oak Bluffs water district to clear forest for the town’s first municipal solar array came under fire.