A few years ago, Steve Katz, doctor of chiropractic, looked out on the pond he had built in his West Tisbury backyard and thought it could be better.

More than 40 years after it was filmed in Oak Bluffs between 1962 and 1966 and premiered at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown, Othello returns to the Island, this time screening at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center on August 11 at 7:30 p.m.

Congratulations to Oak Bluffs serial entrepreneur Kahina Van Dyke whose Jubilee Vintage retail store opened this past Sunday.

The windows are open, the curtains are moving with the breeze and there is no humidity. Relief.

I think they call it ocean physics and it seems to be playing a role in bringing interesting fish to the Texaco touch tank nestled in the notch where the Commercial and Dutcher docks meet.

We welcomed a new Islander last week. On July 29 at 9:38 a.m., Caitlyn Parkhurst and Tim McNamara had their daughter. Maelyn McNamara arrived.

Chappaquiddick as a community is at a crossroads.

An energetic stillness fell over the Agricultural Hall Sunday morning.

Amanda Roberts and John Brosens were married on July 8 at the Roberts’ family home in West Tisbury.

Seven Grey Barn cows made the most of a summer afternoon last week, escaping their grassy pastures on Blue Barque Road to enjoy a waterside sunset while romping on the soft sands of Chilmark Pond.