Krystle Rose Schaeffer and Alexander Judson Schaeffer of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Judson Edward Schaeffer, born on August 13.

At a discussion organized by the Advancement Project, panelists noted that the event fell on the fourth anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American teenager fatally shot during a confrontation with a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo.

When I first began writing this column over 10 years ago, I had some sort of rant about one thing or another.

Ice House Pond reopened to swimming Thursday morning after being closed for a second time this summer due to high bacteria counts.

At sundown the gingerbread houses of the Camp Ground will glow with the light of thousands of lanterns, part of a summertime tradition in Oak Bluffs.

Let’s talk turkey. I have been known to say that, until I moved here 42 years ago from New York, I thought wild turkey was an alcoholic beverage.

My favorite week of the summer has arrived: fair week!

The regional high school committee this week continued to grapple with how to handle gender-specific chaperoning of sports teams for off-Island events.

A multifaith, multiracial panel at the West Tisbury Congregrational Church dug deeply into the topic, Bridging the Deep Divides: a Conversation on Faith.

As legal marijuana use edges closer to the Island’s mainstream, a group of community leaders concerned about potential negative effects on young people has assembled.