Democrats on the Vineyard, Nantucket and parts of Falmouth will head to the polls on Sept. 3 to cast their primary ballots for the region’s new state representative, choosing between Arielle Faria and Thomas Moakley.

When we were kids my parents got an aluminum skiff and let my brothers and me break up our old wooden rowboat, then burn the pieces night after night on the beach.

During the great age of yachting, in the early part of the 20th century, the premier ocean race, where boats and their crews were tested on a stage that was covered on front pages of newspapers all over the country, was the Newport to Bermuda Race.

It’s a love affair that began 45 years ago on a hot, sweaty bike ride. It was also a test, although I only learned that afterwards.

As I stand in this long line at the Oak Bluffs Post Office, for a second time within an hour of already having been here, I can’t help but wonder about the dysfunction of this place.

When Rev. Sen. Raphael Warnock addressed an overflow crowd at the Tabernacle on Sunday, he delivered a sermon steeped in both faith and politics.

We’re thrilled to report that the Labrador retrievers Biscuit and Homer’s adoption has been finalized. We’re delighted for everyone involved.

In the days before dieting and nightly cocktail parties, when Island life was not yet blighted by the confusion and congestion of too many automobiles, ice cream parlors were the popular gathering places — the Vineyard’s equivalent of the sidewalk cafe.

Windsurfing hall of fame inductee Nevin Sayre will undertake the ‘Round the Vineyard Challenge to support Martha’s Vineyard Community Services.

Julie Harris, 41, of Fort Lauderdale, died Thursday after crashing a moped in Oak Bluffs.