Agricultural Society executive director Lauren Lynch’s journey to Panhandle Road began her first summer out of college.

It seems that the magic has happened again. Vinny, the young tabby and white cat, has found his new home.

The MV Youth community fund announced Thursday that it has awarded $865,000 in college and workforce scholarships to 16 high school seniors.

Alley McConnell of the Martha's Vineyard Shellfish Group affectionately calls the shellfish hatchery, with its small, stacked, simply constructed, white-painted rooms and south-facing windows "a water garden tree-house."

The first day back to school after spring break is usually not a cause for celebration as students and teachers lament the end of vacation.