I think we are all thankful that the heat and humidity finally let up. I love to open my windows.

My hiking partner, also known as my daughter Bradley and I overpacked our bags "just in case."

A boat crash on Chappaquiddick earlier this year prompted two Island police departments to designate more officers to harbor patrols to better enforce the law on the water. 

The Chappaquiddick Island Association annual meeting will be held at the community center on Saturday, August starting at 9 a.m.

The Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce will host a raffle to benefit local nonprofit organizations.

Pipefish, stripers, hermit crabs, minnows, even pufferfish: Bodhi Favreau, 8, of Easton, had seen all these before. But on Sunday at State Beach, he he discovered a rare and magical ocean denizen: Hippocampus erectus, a lined seahorse.

Tuesday was my favorite weather day.

A white-throated sparrow had never been seen before in July.

There are other fish to fry. That might have been the guidance given when a small fish appeared in a net on a recent educational outing in Sengekontacket Pond.

Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, will be visiting the Vineyard next week, taking the place of First Lady Jill Biden at a campaign fundraiser.