The new musical Billy Baloo has quickly become a hit for the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, which is adding five more performances Oct. 23 through Oct. 28.

The New England Wireless and Steam Museum, in East Greenwich, R.I., plans to restore the former Steamship ferry's 1925 engine to running order for public demonstrations.

As war rages in Gaza and Israel following last week’s Hamas attack, Islanders of many faiths joined the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center congregation in prayer and song Friday evening.

Island Grown Initiative seeks to move its food pantry to Dukes County avenue in Oak Bluffs, while in Vineyard Haven, landowner Michael Sawyer is applying to replace a demolished building on Lagoon Pond Road with two four-story apartments.

Island singer-songwriter Michael Mason spent more than half a century writing his musical play Billy Baloo, which opened this weekend at the Martha's Vineyard Playhouse.

The state education department says the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School needs “assistance or intervention,” based on results from standardized tests administered last spring.