Martha's Vineyard

Hundreds of dead seabirds are turning up along the Massachusetts coast — especially on Martha’s Vineyard — and state environmental and health officials suspect avian influenza could be the cause.

For the first time, the native Blazing Star will be planted in Edgartown as part of coastal habitat restoration. The plant attracts bees and butterflies.

Brazilian candidate will teach Portuguese as a temporary non-immigrant, a first for the district.

The absence of one crew member on Memorial Day forced the Steamship Authority to cancel its evening ferry service between Woods Hole and Martha's Vineyard.

During a tense, three-hour meeting Monday night, the School Committee focused on how to proceed after the town’s Planning Board voted weeks earlier to effectively quash the turf project.

The decision, after years of debate, came down to what the turf was made with: PFAS chemicals.

Martha's Vineyard residents overwhelmingly approve a proposal to address the housing crisis on the island.The idea is to create a regional housing bank and its gaining traction in other Massachusetts communities. But it needs state lawmakers' approval.

More than 100 volunteers hand-planted 20,000 stems of beach grass along an 800-foot stretch of Lobsterville Beach last week. By using this all-natural defense against erosion, the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe hopes to protect its homelands on Martha’s Vineyard from the impacts of climate change.

"Every single teacher in our school system has an English learner in their classroom," says ELL director Leah Palmer. "Our mission is to provide language access and equity to all of Martha's Vineyard."

State senators are considering a law that would give undocumented immigrants access to licenses. The house already passed the bill overwhelmingly