The generosity and compassion of the late reknowned Island naturalist and teacher Gus BenDavid had a huge impact on the people and natural history of the Vineyard. Gus always seemed to be interested in sharing his natural history knowledge and experience with any and all.

This week’s heat and oppressive humidity brought me back to my previous life working in a restaurant.

On Facebook a few days ago, Albert Fischer recalled a boyhood summer when he found a newly-hatched crow, which he fed, raised, tamed and named Stanley.

What if William Shakespeare was an entomologist?

On July 3 men and women wearing uninterrupted white attire from high fashion to leisure wear gathered at the gazebo on Ocean Park greeting old friends and giving introductions to new comers — myself included.

When I think back to the days when I was a child, I can’t help but let my mind wander down Memory Lane.

The Martha’s Vineyard Refuse District household hazmat collection is scheduled for Saturday July 20.

Plagued by mechanical problems, the Island Queen ferry canceled all of its crossings for three days this week. 

The former Oak Bluffs fire chief is scheduled to be arraigned in Edgartown District Court next month on two counts of attempt to commit a crime.

The plastic popping sound of pickleballs in Chilmark could be tamped down under a new draft bylaw unveiled by the Chilmark planning board this week.