Augustus (Gus) D. Ben David 2nd, the Vineyard’s famed wildlife specialist and former director of Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, died on July 4 at his home in Edgartown after an extended illness.

There are paintbrushes in Harry’s Seymour art studio, about 50 or more in various sizes, shapes and thickness, but they sit on the sidelines resting idle by the sink in all manner of plastic containers.

Ron Rappaport traversed the Island on two wheels or four, always working, always talking, always listening, always smiling and always arguing one case over and over: how to preserve the Island’s values and way of life for everyone.

The boys tennis team is headed to the final four of the division three state championships with a win Saturday over Apponequet Regional High School.

This year’s Cross-Island hike takes place Saturday, June 1, beginning at 8 a.m. at Hillman’s Point at Lake Tashmoo. The full trek is just over 19 miles long, ending at the Chilmark Pond Preserve.

The Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society has chosen a painting by Traeger di Pietro as the winning entry for this year's fair poster contest. The 162nd annual agricultural fair takes place August 15 to 18.

Peter Simon was long a ubiquitous presence at events large and small, both on the Island and off. He died in 2018, but his images live on, especially how he chronicled life on the Vineyard.

Convinced the Vineyard has become too busy and crowded and you are yearning for days of old, when hippies ruled the rock and the off-season was like living off the grid?

Voters pushed back on the proposed bylaw, which would have limited people to having no more than two parties a month with more than 50 people.

Oak Bluffs voters rejected the controversial light industrial mixed use proposal, Edgartown residents decided to postpone a proposed party bylaw indefinitely, and after a long discussion West Tisbury passed regulations on short-term rentals.