Activity will pick up even more in this town in advance of the fair as we have passed the peak of the summer season.

What do you do when you’re a 12-year old boy strolling down Lucy Vincent Beach with your buddies and you spot your orthodontist? And he’s not wearing any clothes.

Before the sun rises, they wipe the dew off bike seats and trudge out to bus stops on Island roadsides. They are among the earliest commuters to summer jobs. But for these summer workers, the trip didn’t start there in the predawn hours. The journey began when they left their home countries to travel to Martha’s Vineyard.

The popular freshwater swimming hole in West Tisbury reopened Tuesday morning after being closed due to high bacteria counts.

Richard Cohen spoke at the Hebrew Center last Thursday night about his work as president of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

A National Geographic documentary screening at Menemsha Beach placed American Heroes Saltwater Challenge at center stage.

Call firefighters in Oak Bluffs spoke out last week following the recent informational picket by members of International Association of Fire Fighters.

At the 40th annual Possible Dreams auction on Sunday, dreams were sold to the highest bidder, with all the proceeds going to Community Services.

Three people were transported to the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital following a three-car collision Saturday afternoon.

Opera at Featherstone this year strips away the ponderous trappings of traditional opera to reveal the pure beauty of the music, sung by highly trained vocalists from the Metropolitan Opera and other stages.