Priscilla Sims Brown, a seasonal Vineyard resident, is the chief executive officer of Amalgamated Bank, the largest union-owned bank in the country. She is one of few women of color leaders in the financial sector.

More than 20 bands took the stage at Beach Road Weekend music festival this weekend. The three-day event brought high-profile acts to the Island and introduced Vineyard groups to the masses.

In order to comply with revised state and federal shellfish sanitation rules, the anchorage area along the pond’s boundary with Oak Bluffs has been expanded to about 50 acres. The area will be closed to all shellfishing from April through October.

An exhibit at the Mariposa Museum in Oak Bluffs is offering visitors a chance to engage with the experiences of people in the criminal justice system through an unexpected medium — a collection of quilts.

Even as one system reaches the end of its lifecycle, composting activists on-Island are envisioning a bright future for local organic waste management.

Tucked between dense foliage on a lot not far from town hall, the apartments will serve as the first phase of a larger plan to revitalize the town center with a new playground and “food forest” of indigenous edible plants.

The ringed planet Saturn is close to us.

Police arrested Brian Covington, 29, around 10 a.m. at a house on Pequot avenue, according to state police.

Around 4:20 p.m. a Toyota SUV crashed into Edgartown Meat and Fish, taking down a portion of the building near the meat counter.

House parties are a regular feature of the summer season on Martha’s Vineyard, but a dispute in Edgartown over the use of a home in a residential neighborhood has spurred a new look at the sometimes blurry line between commercial and non-commercial activities.