With 12 players on the all star team and first place standing, the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks are having their best season yet.

At the 40th annual Possible Dreams auction on Sunday, dreams were sold to the highest bidder, with all the proceeds going to Community Services.

A National Geographic documentary screening at Menemsha Beach placed American Heroes Saltwater Challenge at center stage.

The Manuel F. Correllus State Forest on Martha’s Vineyard remains one of the six strongholds in Massachusetts for the whippoorwill.

Last year officers in the Oak Bluffs department had a baby a month from March to May, and then two arrived in July. Now they are toddlers.

Academy Award winning actor Chris Cooper and his wife, actress and writer Marianne Leone Cooper, have played many roles their lives.

In March of 2003, Louisa Gould opened a 400-square-foot gallery on Beach Road to display her personal photography. During the course of 15 years, the gallery has moved to Main street in Vineyard Haven, grown fivefold, is open year-round, and displays the work of up to 50 artists on the Island.

The Edgartown courthouse was celebrated as the 30th site on the African American Heritage Trail, with a plaque honoring district court judge Herbert Tucker.

State assistance to help communities combat the effects of climate change is a key tenet of his re-election platform, Gov. Charlie Baker said.

The Martha’s Vineyard Ice Arena played host to the East Coast Classic, a hockey tournament that pits eight summer teams from the Northeast against one another in a battle for the Vineyard Cup.