The YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard is hosting an American Red Cross lifeguard instructor training course from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on August 26 to 28. Participants must currently be certified as a lifeguard and be at least 17 years old. Cost for the course is $500 and includes instructor manuals and training.

The Cape Cod Community College expands its course offerings on the Island this fall by adding a medical terminology course in the college’s efforts to expand the Allied Health career pathway. The course will be taught Wednesday evenings in the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital medical staff library by Dr. Lena Prisco, director of the hospital’s medical laboratory.

State Sen. Dan Wolf announced Thursday that he has suspended his campaign for governor and will resign his state Senate seat next week in the wake of a state ethics commission ruling about his ownership of Cape Air.

State Sen. Dan Wolf announced Thursday that he has suspended his campaign for governor and will resign his state Senate seat next week in the wake of a state ethics commission ruling about his ownership of Cape Air.

Author Mary Ella Gabler, a summer resident of the Vineyard, releases her latest book, Uncommon Thread on September 1. She will visit Tracker Home Decor at 89 Pease’s Point Way South in Edgartown for a book signing on Wednesday, August 28 from 5 to 8 p.m.

Vineyard Sound celebrates the end of summer with a two-hour concert at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown on Saturday, August 24, at 8 p.m.

The Martha’s Vineyard Summer Institute capped off its summer speaker series with a battle of Witz. Author/journalists Andy Borowitz and Tony Horwitz came together on the stage to take on everything from Jewish humor to why the Monica Lewinsky scandal seems like a visit to colonial Williamsburg.

Each week the folks at Cinema Circus show a series of short films on Wednesday evening at the Chilmark Community center. The films begin at 6 p.m. but the circus — complete with jugglers, face painters, stilt walkers, food and music — gets underway at 5 p.m.

Muriel the pig was pregnant and a month overdue, and as the first day of the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair approached, Fred Fisher Jr. had to make a decision whether to bring the three-year-old sow or not.

“I took a big gamble doing it,” Mr. Fisher said on Monday. “I could have lost them all up there, but it turned out pretty well.”

Sheila Brady discusses her recent design project at the New York Botanical Garden during a presentation at the Polly Hill Arboretum next week. Ms. Brady will talk about the diversity and cultural significance of the native plants used at the botanical garden.