An overflow crowd turned out Monday, August 13, to hear four accomplished African-American women, including former senior White House advisor Valerie Jarrett.

Widow’s Wreath, Cynthia Riggs’ most recent book and the 14th in the Martha’s Vineyard Mystery installment, has just hit the shelves, and, like most of its predecessors, is partially autobiographical.

Chef Deon Thomas’s Island Conch Cookery, chronicles the results, with dozens of recipes for the humble northern sea snail.

Joyce’s Way, by Island author and storyteller Susan Klein, is the true story of the late Joyce Brigish.

On Tuesday, Island painter and Rhode Island School of Design student Jack Yuen set up an 18-by-24 inch canvas on the deck of Bad Martha’s Brewery in Edgartown.

The desert set the scene for The Fabulists’ hour-long show­—a production filled with improv, one-liners and lots of help from the audience.

With long lines and delayed mail deliveries, Island post offices have been a scene of frustration this summer.

Edward G. McFarland and Michele McFarland purchased 67 Sunset Road in Oak Bluffs from David A. Schumann and Emma M. Schumann for $585,000 on August 8.

“By the water we all feel at home,” writes Barbara Bates Conroy in her intensely moving book Dear Jack: A Love Letter.

I was sitting East on board four at the Edgartown Bridge Club on July 30, when the skies opened and enlightenment flooded the bridge world.