When we were kids my parents got an aluminum skiff and let my brothers and me break up our old wooden rowboat, then burn the pieces night after night on the beach.

It’s a love affair that began 45 years ago on a hot, sweaty bike ride. It was also a test, although I only learned that afterwards.

As I stand in this long line at the Oak Bluffs Post Office, for a second time within an hour of already having been here, I can’t help but wonder about the dysfunction of this place.

We’re thrilled to report that the Labrador retrievers Biscuit and Homer’s adoption has been finalized. We’re delighted for everyone involved.

When Rev. Sen. Raphael Warnock addressed an overflow crowd at the Tabernacle on Sunday, he delivered a sermon steeped in both faith and politics.

In the days before dieting and nightly cocktail parties, when Island life was not yet blighted by the confusion and congestion of too many automobiles, ice cream parlors were the popular gathering places — the Vineyard’s equivalent of the sidewalk cafe.

Windsurfing hall of fame inductee Nevin Sayre will undertake the ‘Round the Vineyard Challenge to support Martha’s Vineyard Community Services.

Julie Harris, 41, of Fort Lauderdale, died Thursday after crashing a moped in Oak Bluffs.

At the beginning of the summer season, the Steamship Authority decided to cut back on its schedule to reduce the risk of unexpected cancellations due to razor thin staffing margins. And yet, the cancellations keep coming.

Summer is here and construction for 4 Somerset Lane is currently underway with a targeted completion date of November, 2024. Somerset is an exclusive five-home luxury enclave perfectly located between Edgartown Village and South Beach -- and developed by Stanmar, owners of the Winnetu Oceanside Resort.