I associate the arrival of a northern waterthrush with the start of the southward songbird migration.

How about that thunder and lightning last Friday night?

Catherine the Great, Hagar the Horrible, Andre the Giant, Ming the Merciless, and Pliny the Elder all have evocative names that describe a quality for which these individuals were known.

Pleased with the work of the Memorial Wharf Committee, the Edgartown select board has voted to extend the committee's reach and set its sights on the eventual restoration of North Wharf.

The funding is the first of four planned allocations totaling $6 million from the Massachusetts 5-year Capital Investment Plan for repair and replacement of the 1873 regional jail and lockup facility in Edgartown.

Calling to mind another nativity story, the Yard, the Island’s incubator for dance performance, was born in a barn.

A professional fisherman of five decades, Tom Turner has also run one of the Island’s only sawmills for the last 15 years. During that time, he has processed nearly every kind of tree that grows here, native and not, common and exotic.

The Veterans Administration Providence Healthcare System will provide medical services and lead a town hall meeting at the American Legion Hall on Sept. 13.

A three-way race between attorneys Melissa Alden, John Carey and Daniel Higgins is on in the Republican primary for Cape and Islands district attorney. One Democrat, Robert Galibois, is running unopposed.

The low profile of the mainland / Across Vineyard Sound / Swims into focus.