The Chappy Community Center will host the first lobster roll dinner of the season on Wednesday, July 15. Place your order by noon on Tuesday and pick up between 5 and 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The $17 price includes a lobster roll made according to Marion Harding’s original recipe plus a bag of chips and a drink of choice. Eat in or take home. Stop in at Slip Away for veggies to counteract the chips.

We could not have asked for better Fourth of July weather. Yes I know it was cloudy on the Fourth but the true beach people still went and you could tolerate the heat. All in all, it was a good one.

The Reverends Vicky and Armen Hanjian have been appointed to serve the Chilmark Community Church as pastors for July and August.

Last fall, Martha’s Vineyard officially became sister islands with St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a cluster of islands in the Caribbean.

Dreaming of the winter weather takes your mind off the heat and humidity, at least for a moment. The weather has been beautiful all week and the honeysuckle are now in bloom. Thankfully the holiday weekend was a quiet one.

Christopher Blum of Edgartown has graduated from Tufts University with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering.

Chilmark is finally in summer mode with hot weather, bare feet and parking jams at the beaches. We all have been waiting to complain about the heat and crowds and now we are finally into summer! Actually, there are lots of smiles and friendly waves going around and most of us are pushing our patient button. It is fun to greet old friends and watch the latest batch of young folk enjoy themselves.

Special homes are on the 2015 Cottagers House Tour which will be held Thursday, July 16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Oak Bluffs. The personalities behind these varied and captivating properties are just inviting as the homes themselves.

This Sunday, July 12, Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs will hold its annual Interfaith Sunday.

It is a big week for words on the Vineyard. One could say that all summer long, but this week two Vineyard authors take the stage.