Shortly before 11 a.m. Sunday a single-engine plane went down in an area about a mile west of Martha’s Vineyard Airport. The pilot, who was the only one on board, was uninjured during the emergency landing.

Randolph Bonnist, the 79-year-old man who had a medical emergency while flying the small private plane Saturday, died at Boston Medical Center on Thursday night.

The Vineyard House's annual Water Tasting By the Sea started as a small, grassroots event more than 25 years ago. It now attracts a crowd of 250 people and can bring in about 20 per cent of the annual donations for the sober home.

Petar Petyoshin, 40, is facing one count of bank robbery after law enforcement officials say he stole more than $21,000 from the Rockland Trust bank on Davis Straits at gunpoint on April 8.

The primary runway at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport was shut down Saturday afternoon after a plane crashed off the runway while attempting to land.

The Trustees of Reservations has purchased the Wacks property on Chappaquiddick, giving the land conservation nonprofit ownership of the entirety of the Wasque Reservation.