The New York Times is loaded with stories about the extreme heat.

Duck and run.

Rob Bierregaard has been conducting his annual survey of the productivity of our many osprey nests this week.

What a passel of beautiful but very warm days we are having!

We should all be happy for sea breezes, cool nights and air conditioning.

The state fire marshal’s office suspended the man who managed the Edgartown town fireworks display on July 4 after several undetonated fireworks washed up on Chappaquiddick.

A friend and somehow distant relative — I'll need to get my mom Diana Lees, the family genealogist, to make the exact connection — recently turned 90.

At the recent annual meeting of the Chappaquiddick Island Association, the assemblage agreed that there should be single-issue meetings throughout the summer.

Cecelia DeGregorio and Andrew McElhinney, of West Tisbury, announce the birth of a daughter, Lucy Rose McElhinney, born on July 21 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

Dozens of people packed the Oak Bluffs select board meeting Tuesday after the business last week sent out a petition claiming a neighbor was trying to put a halt to the late-night tradition.