Featherstone Center of the Arts holds their 15th annual Art of Chocolate festival this weekend.

Rainy Day, the year-round gift shop in Vineyard Haven, changed hands last month. Melissa and Bob Scammell take the reins.

This past week, I noticed several Monarch butterflies fluttering around their bright orange flowers.

Barbara E. Feinstein and Robert J. Feinstein purchased 32 Knoll Drive in Edgartown from Jessica L.K. Desquenne and Luc A. Desquenne for $1,900,000 on Sept. 27.

Today is the beginning of the Columbus Day holiday weekend. The last Artisan Festival of the year will take place at the Grange Hall on Sunday. The post office and all municipal buildings will be closed on Monday. Can you believe that in a month we will be operating on standard time? A special thank you to Charlie Kernick, assistant postmaster, for covering the office while I attended to some personal matters.

For most of the summer, there was much conversation, public and private, about the anticipated transition in ownership at Lola’s.

We’ve had rain, blue skies, sun and perfect temperature.

“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”

Chappaquiddick island appears to be a hotbed of activity for the invasion of the Lone Star tick.

Warm weather is still hovering around us in Aquinnah with sunshine and temperatures in the 70s.