For Andrew Nutton, sailing is more than a lifelong love and vocation. The newly appointed executive director of Sail Martha’s Vineyard credits it with his very life.

Emilie Townes recently celebrated her retirement as dean of Vanderbilt University’s Divinity School of with a four-day series of events on the Vineyard, culminating with a Womanist Wisdom Panel at Union Chapel.

Black cats, Smokey and Bandit, have been adopted together.

The 161st edition of the Agricultural Fair takes place Thursday, August 17 through Sunday, August 20.
 Planning begins in October, when organizers from the Agricultural Society meet for a debrief and begin reserving slots on the Steamship Authority ferry.

Rev. Senator Raphael Warnock preaches at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs on Sunday, August 13 beginning at 12:30 p.m.

The Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center will have three panelists on Thursday August 17 at 5:30 p.m. discussing the subject: “What has happened in the year since Dobbs?”

With its borrowing limit increased by $50 million in the new state budget, the Steamship Authority now has the financial headroom to add a fourth ship to its growing fleet of identical former oilfield supply vessels, which the ferry line is converting into freight ferries.

The watch goes into effect at 2 p.m. today and will remain active until Friday morning, with areas of the state expected to receive between two and four inches of rain.

The summer theatre season continues at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, despite a terminal failure of the main stage air-handling system last month.

Black cats Smokey and Bandit have been adopted together.