Fourteen years ago, Michele Norris started The Race Card Project which asked people from all over the world to write six words on a postcard about their personal attitudes on race.

Under the leadership of Beth Folcarelli, Martha’s Vineyard Community Services (MVCS) has made important steps forward.

There is a kind of chanting, simmering, persuasive music these August nights which reminds one that although the pinkletinks have to work alone, the crickets, locusts et al, have a symphony orchestra of many virtuosos.

That was some serious rain on Monday. I may have heard the word biblical thrown around.

As the sun rose over the fields at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School this week, the usually peaceful morning scene was transformed into “hell week.”

During their northward migration and the nesting season, we hear birds before we see them because birds are singing to defend their territory and attract mates.

Woolly Dutchman’s pipevine is a plant that always rises to the occasion.

Seth Meyers, Emmy-award winning comedian and late-night host, will perform a stand-up show on Wednesday, August 28 at the Performing Arts Center to benefit the Friends of the Chilmark Preschool.

For the first time in history, the Island Cup will be played at Fenway Park, with the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School football team heading to Boston this year to take on the Nantucket Whalers in the longstanding tradition.

The proponents of Beach Within Reach, an initiative that has been analyzing dozens of beaches across the Vineyard to make them more accessible for people of all abilities, celebrated their progress at Jetty Beach Tuesday.