On Dec. 7, 1941, William J. Holzapfel Jr., was having a leisurely breakfast at his house on Hickam Field, a half block from Pearl Harbor, when the attack came.

In his newest book, In the Country of the Blind, essayist and octogenarian Edward Hoagland turns to fiction.

When you’re a man alone in the house and your family is away for nearly two months, the stuffed animals really stand out.

While the country looks toward a possible long night waiting for election results, the polls have already closed at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, where students took part today in a mock election. And the results are in.

Ward Just, as the old newspaper saying goes, has ink in his veins. In his new novel, The Eastern Shore, he turns his attention and his memory to the subject of newspapers.

Parishioners at Grace Episcopal Church are mourning the loss of their pastor, the Rev. Brian Murdoch, who died unexpectedly Sunday morning.

After losing power during tropical storm Hermine, the Old Whaling Church bells were an hour behind. A vacationing couple was on the case.

I had been living in New York city for two decades and indoors was where I lurked, purring like a house cat by the windows of office buildings.

The 39th annual Chilmark Road Race is one of the toughest 5Ks out there, but 11-year-old Jack Lionette's training includes essentially no running.

When I was 16, before I got my driver’s license, I would bike seven miles each day after school to a gym to work out.