Small progress has been made in the effort on the Cape and Vineyard to block Eversource from spraying herbicides.

A special photography exhibit opens Sunday at Featherstone Center for the Arts.

Hurricane Jose came to town this week, staying offshore but brushing the Island with tropical storm-force winds.

The 72nd Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby got under way last Sunday with plenty of fish and fish tales.

Ferry lines are shorter, kids are back in school and issues set aside for the more urgent business of summer on Martha’s Vineyard are returning to the fore.

How to measure summer? Number of beach days. Number of fish caught. Number of stars in the sky. Number of hours worked.