Chicago was the host of the Democratic National Convention last week and brought forth many historical markers worth underscoring. In 1968 Mayor Richard Daley quelled protesters with harsh police action. This year Mayor Brandon Johnson made space for protesters and with minimum disruption allowed peaceful symbols of discontent.

East Chop Capital was founded in 2018 by Hampton University graduates Calvin Butts, Jr. and Carrington Carter.

Sundays in August, Union Chapel is overflowing with Island visitors who come to give thanks for the blessing of being on this historic Island that is welcoming to all.

Boston University spent this past week hosting alumni, friends and guests with a reception at Knowhere Gallery on Circuit avenue, which is owned by BU graduate Ralph Groce and his wife Valerie Francis.

Della Brown Taylor Hardman was born in 1922 in Charleston. W.V.

Family, friends, neighbors and colleagues came to Chilmark this past Saturday afternoon to celebrate the 90th birthday of Connie Williams.

All must come out to see Miss Maybelline's Nocturnal Flights of Fancy at the Martha's Vineyard Playhouse on Church street in Vineyard Haven.

On July 3 men and women wearing uninterrupted white attire from high fashion to leisure wear gathered at the gazebo on Ocean Park greeting old friends and giving introductions to new comers — myself included.

Congratulations to Fred Lowery and Tony Teat for their recent launch of the mvporch.com website.

Last Saturday night the Oak Bluffs Union Chapel came to Edgartown and the Preservation Trust symbolically and substantively laid down the Red Carpet!