The air is crisp and the leaves are making their journey from green to brown, from tree to ground. Pumpkins dot the landscape as do all manner of gourds, standing proud in their pimply best. 

In the coming weeks, Circuit Arts will offer a series of events for Islanders looking to celebrate Halloween. 

Traven D’Shaun Johnson, a front desk agent at Mansion House Hotel in Vineyard Haven, and Andrea Minxha, a coffee shop cashier at Behind the Bookstore in Edgartown, were married on July 16.

The Hajjar family, which owns numerous properties in Edgartown and Oak Bluffs, late last month purchased the plaza on Upper Main Street that contains Al’s Package Store, Wicked Burger and Larry’s Tackle Shop.

The Seastreak ferry company has pulled the plug on its Vineyard winter commuter service, saying it didn’t have enough passengers to cover the costs.

The latest influx of cash will help chip away at the Chilmark project’s current $5 million budget shortfall, and could prompt a special town meeting later this year on the housing proposal. 

The Steamship Authority has dropped a potential $3.50 to $5 rate increase for excursion fares from the Vineyard and cut a proposed passenger rate hike from $1 to 50 cents, according to a revised draft of the preliminary 2025 operating budget.

Noelle Lambert, who lost her leg in a moped accident on Martha’s Vineyard, spoke to Island students on Wednesday about her long journey from a near-death accident to Paralympian athlete.

On a cold April morning in 1970, I stood in the Felix Neck barn with high school students on a field trip.

Fellow fig fan and Greek philosopher Epictetus has some advice that I had no choice but to accept.