Trader Fred was not only the kindest and most generous man, but he was also the greatest storyteller ever.

Gov. Maura Healey last week announced a new effort to procure up to 3,600 megawatts of offshore wind power – the largest call out to developers in the state’s history.

Schools have opened; and their opening recalls the almost-forgotten times of other Island schools that shaped the growing minds of a generation.

On Sunday at 12:01 a.m., anglers will head to moonlit beaches and offshore Island waters — as they have every September since 1946 — when the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby gets underway.

Premiering at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center on Sept. 16, Martha’s Vineyard vs. DeSantis covers the two migrant flights that arrived on the Island last September and the ensuing legal battles against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration’s migrant relocation program.

Jenna Victoria Walsh will exchange vows with Luke Hart Liquori on Saturday, Sept. 9.

The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) is holding its annual powwow on Sept. 9 and 10 at the Aquinnah Circle.

A former musicians' workshop on Dukes County avenue in Oak Bluffs will become the Island Food Pantry's permanent home, if regional and town officials agree to the proposal by the pantry's parent nonprofit, Island Grown Initiative.

It feels a bit wrong, in the sultry September days that have so far graced the Island, to write about the changing of the seasons.

Featherstone Center for the Arts holds its annual Potters Bowl on Sunday, Sept. 10 from 4 to 6 p.m.