The terrific north-easterly storm which swept the eastern Massachusetts coast on Tuesday was felt with unusual severity on the Vineyard.

As a long time subscriber, I was surprised and disappointed that you did not see fit to cover the recent second annual Jewish Culture Festival, attended by more than 800 people, especially when I contrast your treatment of the Brazilian Festival and the African American Festival and reports on other Island events half this size.

When Isaac Newton introduced the universal law of gravitation, he wasn't just explaining why apples fall from trees.

Listening to the hoopla about the broken blade on the turbine off South Beach I cannot imagine what people thought would happen when something like these giant turbines are built in the ocean.

In Nepal, in the blustering cold, Marion Ravenwood drinks a patron of her alpine saloon under the table.

Lightning bugs, particularly in early summer, have been more visible on the Island than they have been in years.

On a recent morning, a hush fell over a group of three BiodiversityWorks employees as they listened for the soft chirps of a piping plover on the shore of Lucy Vincent beach.

With summer in high gear, residents and tourists alike have a host of new places on the Island to eat this season.

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff spoke to donors at two Vineyard fundraisers Monday, saying the campaign is strong but more work needs to be done to secure a victory in November.

Danger and DeLight is the theme for Margot Datz's 12th annual one-night show of original fantasy paintings and prints.