Tomorrow night's first quarter moon appears in the zodiacal constellation Virgo, close to the right star Spica. Spica is one of the brightest stars of late spring and early summer. Use the moon to much valued celestial object. Spica is so large compared to our sun and voluminous too. The star is really two stars, one seven times bigger than our sun and the other is four times.

Their brilliance, hard to imagine, is 12,000 times brighter than our sun. The star is 250 light years away, one of the farthest bright stars in our sky.

Once the new buses are purchased, 87 per cent of the VTA’s overall fleet will be electric.

In Edgartown, there are new kids on the dock.

On the night of July 2, four yard signs, prepared by the Keep Democracy Alive (KDA) Alliance, were taken from a 150-foot frontage shared with my neighbor along North Road.

Over the Fourth of July weekend, my daughter called me with a panic and urgency in the tone of her voice.

On July 16, Doug McConnell will attempt once more to swim from Nantucket to Martha's Vineyard. This time he has organized a team of local swimmers to help him achieve victory, all to benefit ALS research.

Sarah Kuh recently retired as director of the Vineyard Health Care Access Program.

It is with a heavy heart that we heard news of the death of Gus Ben David

The generosity and compassion of the late reknowned Island naturalist and teacher Gus BenDavid had a huge impact on the people and natural history of the Vineyard. Gus always seemed to be interested in sharing his natural history knowledge and experience with any and all.

This week’s heat and oppressive humidity brought me back to my previous life working in a restaurant.