Two long-time Island fruit growers have different styles but the same challenges.

It was a dream that inspired Island resident Dr. Peter Halperin to record his forthcoming album, Bring On The Storm.

A long-simmering controversy about the use and management of Chilmark’s town tennis courts will come before voters at annual town meeting next week, where residents will also weigh in on upping the short-term rental tax, a variety of funding articles and a nearly $14.5 million budget. 

Jeffrey Maida and William Meegan are both running to fill the seat of longtime select board member Bill Rossi, who announced earlier this year that he wasn’t seeking reelection.

After two years of construction and nearly a decade of planning, Edgartown Stop & Shop officially cut the ribbon for their newly renovated Upper Main street location.

For nearly four years now, Mathew Tombers has been a steady presence behind the counter — and out on the porch — at Edgartown Books. With wispy white hair and erudite speech, he has also become a fixture of the Island literary scene.

Island real estate brokerage firm Tea Lane Associates is aiming to expand its reach in the global luxury market by partnering with Forbes’s Global Properties, a network of international brokers.

Ocean scientists with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) discovered a group of previously unknown hydrothermal vents last month, providing researchers with new opportunities to deepen their understanding of this deep-sea phenomenon.

West Tisbury is now the first town on the Island to enact regulations around short-term rentals, though other towns have also started to consider the best way to handle the controversial properties. 

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.