Dr. Siamak Adibi was 17 when he left Iran and traveled 12,000 miles to create a new life in the United States. More than 50 years later, the longtime Chappaquiddick resident has written a book about U.S.-Iranian relations.

The vast majority of respondents to a survey conducted this year by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission named the Five Corners intersection in Vineyard Haven as the most dangerous area on the Island.

Having long enjoyed several parking spots near the Gay Head Light, a small group of condominium residents in Aquinnah are feeling cramped by summer traffic at the Circle this year.

Facing a one-year deadline to complete a major restoration project at Squibnocket Beach, the Chilmark selectmen on Tuesday unanimously approved a concept plan for a new parking lot near the beach and a new boat launch at Squibnocket Pond.

Cape Pogue resident Donald Greenstein has been finding lone star ticks on his property for years, but never in their current numbers. Island biologist and tick expert Richard Johnson surveyed the property and said he found 30 lone star ticks with 1,000 feet.

An ambitious grant proposal that may have benefitted the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) was recently turned down in the early phases of an application process that involved research communities in the United States and China.