Summer has arrived, the crowd of summer visitors and vacationists in each Island town increases daily.

It is important for Island parents to remember that as their children were making their way through the Island’s public school system, they received routine immunizations.

Your recent article on beach access contained some references to the position of the MV Surfcasters Association which I, as a member, don’t necessarily support.

This is at least the second incident involving an attack by Bilzerian-owned American bull dogs.

On Friday night, June 19 at the VFW, branch members and community friends of the MVNAACP celebrated Juneteenth with restaurateur Chef Deon. Fabulous jazz music in the background provided by Jeremy Berlin was enjoyed by all as well, while seasonal decorative flower arrangements donated by Morrice Florist adorned the tables.

On behalf of the branch we appreciate the community’s participation and support. This event helped us raise money for scholarships and for other charitable organizations in need.

“I’m still searching for the perfect one line sentence to serve to people when they inevitably ask what my book is about,” poet, author and librarian Jennifer Tseng said a few weeks ago about her new novel, Mayumi and the Sea of Happiness.

When Jan Pogue and her husband John Walter first moved to the Vineyard, they soon encountered the phenomenon of the “book in the bottom drawer.”

Frederick Douglass is returning to Martha’s Vineyard to tell once again The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro.

Thomas Bena and Brian Ditchfield want to change the world. It’s a tall order but they say they are up to the task, one movie at a time.

Derek Fairchild-Coppoletti will offer a Minecraft computer programming boot camp the week of July 6 through 10, for kids ages 10 to 13.