It happened while we weren’t looking. Sometime after Memorial Day beautiful, sexy Summer sneaked up on gnarly old Winter and tackled him. Enough! Summer said. It’s my turn now.

Last winter after an eleven-year-old child with measles visited a California theme park, the Centers for Disease Control traced at least one hundred and twenty-five other cases to the outbreak.

The days keep changing, the length of light withdrawing at an almost imperceptible pace now.

Philanthropy takes many forms on the Vineyard, from spontaneous fundraisers to help Islanders in crisis to sophisticated campaigns to address an endemic health or social issue.

A high school graduation is seen from at least three perspectives.

It’s a well-settled fact that everything costs more on the Vineyard, including educating our children.