Chicago was the host of the Democratic National Convention last week and brought forth many historical markers worth underscoring. In 1968 Mayor Richard Daley quelled protesters with harsh police action. This year Mayor Brandon Johnson made space for protesters and with minimum disruption allowed peaceful symbols of discontent.

For longer than a century, Americans have set aside the first Monday in September as a day to celebrate Labor Day.

The first Chappy Community Center potluck of the off-season will be on Wednesday, Sept. 18 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Tisbury’s select board last week authorized up to $9,999 for a study of the town’s four-acre property at 66 High Point Lane, to determine its potential suitability for future town offices.

The Steamship Authority’s second largest vehicle ferry will be sidelined until at least Friday due to damage on the vessel's portside propeller blades.

Suite Six, a company managed by MV Propane owner John Rymes, is suing the airport commission and other entities, saying poor care of the airport’s asphalt resulted in a plane sustaining nearly $1.5 million in damages after falling into a sinkhole. 

The Edgartown select board voted unanimously Monday to start Dock Dance an hour earlier after hearing concerns from Chappy ferry co-owner Peter Wells and the Edgartown police about underage drinking.

Here’s a challenging bidding term you may not have heard before.

John Carbon, 18, pleaded not guilty to charges in Edgartown District Court Monday after he allegedly crashed a car into a utility pole, knocking out power to about 200 people.

Island audiences are welcoming Billy Baloo back to the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, where the Island-grown musical made its debut to sold-out houses last October.