While the Vineyard is perhaps best known for the ocean, Vineyarders have deep ties to the ponds that were carved into the Island landscape some 20,000 years ago.

Acting director Rose Cogliano won the support of the Oak Bluyffs selectmen at their regular meeting last week, nearly 16 months after she took over from former director Roger Wey. Her salary has not yet been determined.

This spring, teenagers Amber Medeiros and Olivia Pate created Humans of Martha's Vineyard, a Facebook page filled with photographs of Islanders along with captions. The undertaking was inspired by the Humans of New York movement.

A long-awaited project to dig out the Sengekontacket channel will begin early Monday. Enormous deposits of sand have collected on both sides of the bridge, blocking the exchange of water between the salt pond and the ocean.

Crowds gathered Thursday to watch the Gay Head Light move slowly away from eroding cliffs.

Voters up-Island have been taking a hard look at what it costs to educate their schoolchildren. According to the most recent data available, the up-Island school district ranked sixth in per-pupil spending among other districts in the state.