Edgartown is beginning its formal search for a new police chief, following the abrupt retirement of the former chief for medical reasons.

A newly-released trailer gives the first look at Chappaquiddick, an upcoming movie about Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s infamous 1969 car crash on the Vineyard.

Ticks and right whales dominated headlines, but 2017 was also filled with quieter environmental stories, from rare plants to visiting birds.

A Kemp’s ridley sea turtle found on Chappaquiddick is recovering at a New England Aquarium care center in Quincy.

The district attorney’s office declined to prosecute an Edgartown man for manslaughter in a case that involved a fatal drug overdose last April.

A long-planned project to pave Meeting House Way is moving along, Edgartown selectmen said Monday, although too slowly for some residents.