In what may have been the largest gathering under one Island roof since sometime in 2019, a joyful crowd of close to 800 music lovers turned out for Kate Taylor’s record release party Tuesday at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs. More listeners camped in the dark outside, some dancing to the music that spilled out into the campgrounds.

The show was a celebration of Ms. Taylor’s new album Why Wait, and hosted by the record’s producer, Peter Asher, who also produced Ms. Taylor’s debut LP Sister Kate in 1971.

Two of the country’s most prominent black intellectuals joined forces on the stage of Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs Thursday afternoon, where an eager crowd of listeners filled the pews.

In Dr. Stephen Gardner's new book, Jabberwocky: Lessons in Love from a Boy Who Never Spoke, he tells the story of his son Graham's inspiring life.

After weeks of delay, the Oak Bluffs select board signed off on an agreement with the state Tuesday that clears the way for construction of a shared-use path running from the Lagoon Pond drawbridge to County Road at Eastville avenue.

The African American Heritage Trail of Martha’s Vineyard dedicated a new site at Memorial Wharf commemorating the still-mysterious escape of a fugitive from slavery 277 years ago.

The Vineyard’s first cannabis dispensary quietly began doing business over the weekend. Open since Friday at 510 State Road in West Tisbury, Fine Fettle Dispensary is presently serving medical marijuana patients by appointment.

For the fortunate few dozen music lovers admitted, Sunday’s Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society concert at the First Congregational Church of West Tisbury was an experience to savor.

A nine-year-old Aquinnah boy is recovering at Boston Children’s Hospital after he was struck by a neighbor’s pickup truck last week. An online fundraising appeal for the family was launched.

State wildlife officials and the Mass Audubon bird conservation group are advising residents to bring in their bird feeders and birdbaths until more is known about a mysterious avian ailment.

On Tuesday evening at the Beach Plum Inn in Chilmark, the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival presented an outdoor screening of excerpts from the upcoming PBS docuseries on Muhammed Ali.