We had almost five inches of rain this past weekend, according to our neighborhood weatherman Tom Hodgson.

September is the month when a little churning in the far side of the Atlantic stirs up agitation in a certain neighbor who gets excited at the prospect of hurricane season.

Eileen Maley

Have you seen any otters galumphing around town? Twice this summer our town clerk Tara Whiting-Wells reported seeing otter families afoot, probably moving from one pond to another.

Summer’s last act is both too soon and it’s about time.

Visitors come to Martha's Vineyard in August for the corn.

Nothing says West Tisbury summer more than the Agricultural Fair, which opens Thursday, August 15 through Sunday, August 18.

I am smitten this summer with hummingbirds. Well, with two of them.

"Never let a good crisis go to waste,"

The big tent has been assembled and the organizers are scrambling to open the annual event that creates more excitement than a circus.