For the first time in more than 50 years, the Holy Ghost Parade did not march through Oak Bluffs. But the rain didn't stop the fun and sopa from flowing.

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

Family, friends and neighbors gathered at the Chilmark Community Center Thursday evening to remember and celebrate the life Lynn Murphy 2nd.

For the past decade the Chilmark Community Center has been transformed on Wednesday summer evenings into Cinema Circus, a wonderland of films and fun for kids under the big top.

On Thursday evening, Vineyard House hosted its 21st annual Water Tasting By The Sea benefit at Oyster Pond in Edgartown. Founded in 1997, the organization is a residential community for Islanders in the earliest stages of sobriety.

After starting his career as a copy boy at the City News Bureau in Chicago, Seymour Hersh specialized in investigative journalism that uncovered some of the biggest stories of the last several decades.