The Pied Piper ran aground in Woods Hole passage late Tuesday evening during a private charter cruise with 106 passengers and seven crew members aboard. There were no injuries and the small ferry was refloated and towed back to Woods Hole.

Ogkeshkuppe, the original name of Oak Bluffs, has always been a religious place, a highlight of which is a historic rock — Pulpit Rock — located near Pecoy Point. Much evidence supports it being located down Pulpit Rock Road, on the left amid a stand of trees on the way to the point.

Well, the hot and humid weather has arrived. I guess that means summer is actually here. We are still wishing for rain as the ground is still so dry. But we will still take the sunny days.

On Tuesday morning the new cafe and marketplace Rosewater opened at 20 South Summer street in Edgartown after five months of development. The store includes several areas for eating, both inside and outside, as well as grocery items. There are also plans for a catering business.

Samantha White Billings of Oak Bluffs, Erin Marie Gosson of Edgartown, and Michael Frederick Hill of Oak Bluffs, were named to the spring 2015 dean’s list at the University of Rhode Island.

In the grand tradition of the Vineyard Cup, the forecast for mostly fun, a high probability of good food, and a strong chance of evening music was spot on. The 10th annual regatta was a benefit for Sail Martha’s Vineyard.

A federal judge has scheduled a July 28 hearing on the town of Aquinnah’s bid for a court order to block all construction work converting a community center into a gambling facility by the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah).

In March, the president of Sweet Briar College announced that the 114-year-old women's college in Virginia would be closing. But he hadn't counted on Tracy Stuart, an alumna and Vineyard resident, who led the fight which eventually saved the school.

Edgartown selectmen, along with the town’s school committee, elected Kelly McCracken at Monday’s board of selectmen meeting to fill a vacancy on the school board.

More than 200 community members gathered together for an interfaith service at Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs on Sunday that reflected on and remembered the nine members of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. who were killed on June 17.