Camp Jabberwocky is once again looking for an executive director after the resignation of Adam Perry, who was hired earlier this year to replace former director Liza Gallagher.

The realities of maintaining the Vineyard’s often picturesque past have become increasingly complex, as voluntary boards grapple with insufficient resources and occasional resistance from homeowners who want amenities never imagined by their forebears.

All across the Island next week, chefs will fire up burners and delivery drivers will start their engines to make sure no one on the Vineyard goes without a Thanksgiving meal.

The Dukes County Commission took the rare step Friday of appealing to the full governing board of the Steamship Authority, calling events surrounding the incident in which the Sankaty slipped from its mooring this summer “extremely disturbing.”

James Anthony grew up in Maryland, where he was living when he was recruited in 2017 to be the CEO of Martha’s Vineyard Bank. Coming from a small town on the tip of a peninsula in Chesapeake Bay, Mr. Anthony said he adapted quickly to Island life.

Nonprofit leaders and volunteers from across Martha's Vineyard gathered at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury Wednesday night as the Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation handed out more than $400,000 in grants.