It was some years ago now, in 2012 after the outbreak of war in Syria, that a friend and I were in Gaziantep and Sanliurfa, Turkey.

At the head of Vineyard Haven harbor, Gannon & Benjamin Marine Railway is still building wooden boats.

No list of the important occupations of any community would be complete without a fire chief.

Diolene Mendes Pereira and Janio Rodrigues, of Edgartown, announce the birth of a daughter, Olivia Mendes Rodrigues, born on March 7.

Joan Singer, founder and director of chamber music group QuinTango, wants Islanders to fall in love with tango.

The Vineyard boys basketball team ended its postseason run losing to the Old Rochester Bulldogs 59-50 Wednesday evening in Mattapoisett.

As the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank prepares to move to its new headquarters on Meetinghouse Way, the land bank’s commission recently announced a request for proposals to purchase its current building on 167 Main street.

The Oak Bluffs select board voted Tuesday to issue a request for proposals for the project, which will put a roundabout at the chaotic intersection on the waterfront.

Cape Cod 5 has announced that $7,000 was awarded to teachers at seven Island schools as part of its 23rd Annual Cape Cod 5 Educational Mini-Grants Awards.

Marli Alberta DeSouza and Junio Souza Castro, of Edgartown, announce the birth of a daughter, Maria Amelia Alberta Castro, born on March 4.