The nights are getting cooler, and it is time to bring in your topicals and other house plants.

Islanders pull together again.

In the Age of Brooke, the Labor Day Weekend was considered by many in the Oak Bluffs village as the final weekend of the summer season.

The special town meeting was planned to start at 6 p.m. at the West Tisbury School but by 6:10 p.m., moderator Caroline Flanders was 39 people short of being able to call the meeting to order. 

The Island community turned out Monday for a memorial gathering in memory of Island naturalist Gus Ben David, the original director of Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, who died July 4 at 81.

GE Vernova, the manufacturer of the blade that doubled over in July and poured down into the sea, had vessels at the malfunctioning turbine Sunday with the goal of retrieving the large pieces of the 305-foot blade.

The history of existence on Earth was on display this weekend at Union Chapel.

The heartbeat of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) rang out through a performance of the Black Brook Singers at Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary on Sunday.

Fears of wildfire, concerns about trail safety and anger over this summer’s unannounced destruction of a homeless camp were the top themes when Islanders spoke to Massachusetts officials in charge of the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest on Thursday night.

A recently formed committee tasked with looking at the management of the Chilmark Community Center held a public forum this week, giving residents a chance to voice their concerns and opinions about the center’s future.