It’s a rare opportunity to gather in one restaurant and enjoy specialty dishes sourced from the Island by seven distinct chefs. All of which are, by the event’s design, also cookbook authors. And for these cooks, the stories are as important as the recipes.

Family, friends, and admirers of the late Norman Bridwell, who died in December, gathered at the Federated Church Monday for a memorial service honoring the longtime Edgartown resident and author and illustrator well-known for the Clifford the Big Red dog series.

Two Vineyard students graduated this spring from Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I.

Austin Gampfer of Vineyard Haven has graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a bachelor of fine arts degree in industrial design from the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences.

Amy Fligor of Edgartown has been named to the spring 2015 dean’s list at the University of Delaware.

Laura and Chuck Noonan of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a son, Charles Arthur Noonan 4th, born on July 16 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

Over the 92 years that boats have competed in the Edgartown Yacht Club regatta, it’s hard to imagine a more competitive fleet than the sailors who filled Edgartown Harbor and Nantucket Sound with sails this weekend.

Diana and Nicki Masseur of Chilmark and New York city set up a lemonade stand this weekend to raise money for the Gay Head Light relocation effort. All $142 raised from the sale of baked goods, fruit salad, and cold drinks will go toward the lighthouse effort

Wampanoag tribal elders, families with young children, town officials and others are calling for greater public participation to block efforts by the Wampanoag tribe to build a casino in Aquinnah. A public meeting was held Saturday at the Aquinnah Old Town Hall.

The Feast of the Holy Ghost parade stepped off from the Oak Bluffs Steamship Authority terminal on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. under a sweltering sun. It was part of the annual two-day Portuguese festival celebrating history, food, music and giving back to the community.