The First Congregational Church of West Tisbury would like to express its deep appreciation for the support of its blueberry festival.

Can the over-70 set keep up with hotshot young bikers on a European bike tour? Do senior citizens have to call it quits on Vineyard bike paths when they pass the three-score-and-ten milestone?

From the Vineyard Gazette edition of July 22, 1915: The Fifth Regiment, Mass. Vol. Infantry, Col. Frank F. Cutting commanding, arrived on the island Sunday afternoon last and went into camp at Eastville.

The Life and Mind of Mark Defriest, screens at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center in Vineyard Haven on Sunday, July 27. The documentary tells the story of Mark Defriest’s time in one of Florida's most dangerous prisons.

After 20 years spent teaching bidding, I’m instructing students in play of the hand this summer. My main textbook is Plan Before You Play by Howard Ringel.

A thin crescent moon appears low in the southwestern sky next week. The New Moon phase is Saturday, so it is likely some viewers will see the thin crescent moon hovering above the western horizon just after sunset on Monday night. Those watching the sunset at Menemsha on that night have a better chance than the rest of us. There is an unencumbered view of the western sky. The moon will appear above the Elizabeth Islands, amid the glow of twilight, not too far from where the sun set previously.

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $78,094 for the business week ending on Friday, July, 18, 2014.

Architect Michael Van Valkenburgh will speak July 31 at the Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center as part of its Summer Institute Speaker series.

Seshagari Rao Mallampati purchased 28 Towanticut avenue in Oak Bluffs from Michael A. Vance and Judith D. Thomas-Vance for $345,000 on July 14.

A piercing vibrato soared through the woods in West Tisbury on Monday afternoon as Martha’s Vineyard’s only opera company put the finishing touches on its production of Mozart Flute (Magic Included).