The Chilmark dance colony founded by the late Patricia Nanon 46 years ago has been awarded a prestigious $350,000 grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, both organizations announced today.

The regional high school district committee voted 5-4 at an overflow meeting Monday to press ahead with a plan to rebuild the school athletic fields, using artificial turf for the main field.

West Tisbury selectmen considered how much to tax short term rentals and took a stand with kids against plastic at their regular meeting Wednesday evening.

The Tisbury police department will be restructuring, and former Lieutenant Eerik Meisner is no longer employed by the town as of Wednesday, police chief Mark Saloio told the Gazette.

Selectmen voted to grant Adam Epstein, CEO of Innovation Arts and Entertainment, commercial use of Veteran's Memorial Park, however, delayed granting him an entertainment license and a license to hold the festival on a Sunday.