The annual Charles Ogletree Public Forum Series on Thursday at Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs was also a moment to honor the founder of the series. Mr. Ogletree died the next day, on August 4.

Charles James Ogletree Jr., law professor, seasonal Oak Bluffs resident and founder of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School, died on Friday, August 4.

The Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival kicked off Friday evening at the Chilmark Community Center with a conversation between comedian and late night host Seth Meyers and top tech journalist Kara Swisher.

The Tanzanian government awarded Precious Projects, an education organization with ties to the Vineyard, with the Uhuru Torch, an annual honor presented to organizations and individuals who make significant contributions to socio-economic progress in the African country.

During a tour of the construction 12 miles south of the Vineyard, the company behind the project said the turbines could start producing electricity as early as October.

After nearly four months of back-and-forth, the Edgartown historic district commission approved a controversial home renovation on South Water street. A pool originally included was scrapped.

Fishermen, scallopers and the Island residents and visitors who feast on their catch all gathered by the Menemsha docks Thursday for the Martha’s Vineyard Fishermen’s Preservation Trust’s annual Meet the Fleet Event.

Two Steamship Authority ferries, M/V Gay Head and M/V Nantucket, are out of service for the weekend, although the Nantucket is expected to be back in action Sunday night.

The brightest planet in our western sky for most of spring and into this summer, appears to have disappeared. Venus has slipped so low in the western sky you almost can't find it. The planet used to be high in the sky, a beacon at twilight. Now it is just too close to the sun to be visible, though still possible to see.

Venus is closer than you think. Venus is about to be precisely between the Earth and the Sun, thus not visible to us.

Jefrey DuBard, a member of the housing committee and the Island Housing Trust board, came under scrutiny last month for a potential conflict of interest when he voted on a trust housing project before the affordable housing committee.