The Island’s first socially-distanced classical music concert took place at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum, thrilling an audience that was strictly limited to 25 eager listeners.

From the museum porch, flautist Carol Wincenc and cellist Velléda Miragias played a diverse program that flowed like water into the parched ears of music lovers who sat, in widely-spaced twos and threes, on the lawn below.

All-Island school committee members remain torn over a phased plan that would eventually have all students back in classrooms by Oct. 27.

The annual Chicken Alley Art and Collectibles Sale is taking place online from August 12 through the end of the month.

Young people, even middle-aged people, don’t usually spend time thinking about growing old. I’m not sure why.

Charles Morgan, 59, of West Tisbury, was killed while on vacation in a south Florida hotel room last week, according to his wife and a press release from the Broward County sheriff’s office.

Two Aquinnah residents have reported thefts from packages delivered to their mailboxes Saturday, police said.

After a slow start to the summer, the state Division of Marine Fisheries has proposed extensions to the commercial striped bass, black sea bass and summer flounder seasons, hoping to add additional fishing days and adjust catch limits for fishermen as fall approaches.

A wine-sipping squirrel, a night-watchman mouse and an owl both crowned and collared with moths were among the 12 new paintings in Saturday’s annual one-woman show by Margot Datz.

My passion for live theatre is now on hold. The Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, where I serve as board chair, remains dark in these dark times.

T-shirts and posters for the 2020 Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Fair can be purchased online and picked up at the farmers market or shipped.