The centerpiece of the Fourth of July weekend festivities is, of course, the Edgartown parade, where floats of all sights and sizes strut their stuff throughout Edgartown on July 4.

The boys tennis team ended its playoff run Monday, losing to Dover Sherborn in the division three state semifinals.

The boys tennis team swept Medfield High School 5-0 on Friday. They play Dover Sherborn on Monday in the semifinals of the division 3 state tournament.

The boys tennis team continued its strong work in post-season play, sweeping Boston Latin Academy 5-0 on Wednesday.

The team has nine games remaining and referee coverage for only three of those games. A home game on Thursday with Sturgis West remains questionable.

Voters in Tisbury capped a long evening by approving the regional high school operating budget with an overwhelming voice vote. The outcome keeps the issue in limbo, with Aquinnah set to cast the deciding vote on May 9.

The West Tisbury town meeting started on a fiery note Tuesday evening, as voters opted not to approve its portion of the regional high school annual budget to protest the school board's lawsuit against the Oak Bluffs planning board over the turf field.

Forty-nine years ago Cooper Gilkes and friends organized the first Kids Trout Tournament.

For five days the heart of West Tisbury was transformed into a movable feast of cinema for the 23rd annual Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival.

At a hotel in Foxborough last weekend the Martha’s Vineyard eighth grade boys basketball team decided to make a statement, bringing out the buzz cutters and giving each other mullets.