Legacy of Charles Ogletree Includes Golf Camaraderie

A new bench will welcome visitors to Mink Meadow’s first hole, one dedicated to Charles Ogletree, the renowned civil rights lawyer, Harvard professor and early-morning golfer.

Excavating Real Life to Get to the Heart of Fiction

Fred Waitzkin’s latest novel began with a phone call.

Dining With Deb Is a Networking Smorgasbord

The importance of women’s leadership, support and empowerment inspired Deborah Grant to start her annual Dining With Deb event on the Island.

Early Voting for Primaries Starts This Week

Democrats and Republicans will be able to weigh in on several races starting on Saturday, when all six towns open for early voting for the Sept. 3 primary. Early voting will then be open through August 30.

Bridge Column: August 23

A quick review: “Unblocking is the process of playing a higher card to establish enough entries to make the necessary tricks. It sometimes can involve playing a high card in one hand so tricks can be taken in the other hand.” — Google

Staying True to Its Mission of Empowering Women

The history of the Young Women’s Christian Association is presented in a new exhibit at the Carnegie Heritage Center in Edgartown, as part of the YWCA’s 165th anniversary celebration.

Friends and Coworkers Mourn Woman Who Died in Moped Crash

Colleagues remembered Julie Harris as a sweet soul who was dedicated to nurturing women business leaders.

Falling Embers Pause Part of Oak Bluffs Fireworks

A portion of the Oak Bluffs fireworks was cut short Friday after strong winds coming off the water resulted in burning embers falling into the nearby crowd.

Forty Years of Good Food and Good Times at Coop de Ville

Petey Berndt’s standard greeting when a customer walks into Coop de Ville is not “How many?” It’s “How have you been?”

Full Moon Monday

The full moon on Monday will be big and close And you'll see it rising in the eastern sky right after sunset. We call this moon the Sailor's Moon, the one moon in August that gets plenty of attention. In other places the moon is called The Sturgeon Moon, but we have seldom seen this endangered fish that once proliferated the East Coast and other places. It has also been called the Dog Moon.

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