There is something so reassuring about the return of the school buses in September.

It is raining so hard right now, as it has been all day.

Life is full of ups and downs. Life is full of both joy and sadness.

Fortunately, Hurricane Lee had much less impact on the island than anticipated.

John Neuhoff filed an appeal in Dukes County Superior Court last week, saying the Oak Bluffs select board should not have approved the cell company’s plans for wireless communication equipment on Pequot avenue.

Recognized by his brown, leather hat, worn smooth by decades of fishing in salt air on Island shores, Mike Cassidy is an anchor of the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration together awarded the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) more than $170,000 in grants this month.

After 34 years with Island Theatre Workshop (ITW), artistic director Kevin Ryan recently conquered his biggest musical-related feat yet: shipping several hundred pounds of ex-Broadway show puppets to the Vineyard.

Even though summer is officially over my mind keeps taking me back to a summer like I’ve never seen on the Vineyard in all the years I’ve visited as a guest and as a seasonal resident.

Jim (Brooksie) Brooks opened his hat store in Oak Bluffs 48 years ago. His sales style is fast paced — filled with motion, enthusiasm and profanity.