For the first time, Martha’s Vineyard sent a girls team to the Massachusetts youth soccer Tournament of Champions.

The recent purchase of the Santander Bank property in Chilmark by the Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank will serve an up-Island need, but also leaves the town with one less potential site for a public safety building.

The Fourth of July holiday weekend proved a busy time for Island first responders, who responded to several calls, including a fire in a downtown Edgartown restaurant Saturday morning.

A minke whale entangled in fishing gear 40 miles southwest of Martha’s Vineyard was freed Sunday by the Center for Coastal Studies Marine Animal Entanglement Response. Responders said they expected the 15-foot whale to recover.

The determination that a case of measles, diagnosed at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital and later confirmed by state public health epidemiologists was not measles has raised questions about how state and local public health officials work with the hospital and Island doctors.

Hugo R. Leoncio and Ariana F. Leoncio purchased 99 Charles Neck Way in West Tisbury from Joel P. Anthony for $600,000 on July 2.

Evan P. McCarthy graduated from Central Connecticut State University on May 16 with degrees in physics and philosophy.

The Aquinnah selectmen will send a formal cease and desist letter to the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) asking the tribe to halt all activity to convert the tribal community center to a gambling hall.

Walk The Moon was the big name at the fifth annual Stars and Stripes festival held on Friday night at Flatbread, but two local kids proved they were ready for the limelight too. Leah Hairston and Robert Hanjian opened the sold-out show to benefit the YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard.

On no other summer afternoon would there be so many empty parking spaces in downtown Edgartown, But the Fourth of July parade was about to begin and crowds gathered on porches and lined sidewalks to celebrate.