Rain, fog and humidity is the story of the week.

So many people have made the bold statement, "Summer is over."

The Steamship Authority is proposing to raise its rates for the second year in a row to offset a projected $3 million budget shortfall, but most Island residents and walk-on commuters would be spared from the increases.

If the Chappy Ferry is forced to shut down regular service during the passage of Hurricane Lee and you have an emergency that requires you to retreat from Chappy, please call 911.

On Saturday Sept. 23 the sixth annual Darkness into Vineyard Light Suicide Prevention and Awareness Walk takes place, beginning at Bend in the Road beach in Edgartown.

Work recently began on the 90-year-old Tabernacle roof, which will be torn down and replaced with new concrete tiles. The project is scheduled to be completed by May 2024.

On an Island, and specifically in a town steeped in a rich history of Native/Indigenous and African American history, it is disappointing that Oak Bluffs is experiencing white supremacy and racism.

From the Sept. 12, 1958 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: And when some youthful hearer asked what the Eel-pot may have been those same elders “closed their hatches” with abruptness and said no more.

Did you have any heroes when you were nine years old? I did and his name was Robin Jackson.

The select board is scheduled to reevaluate its plan to move up last call for alcohol establishments. The earlier closing time is scheduled to go into effect next month.