When Brad Silberling was 11 years old his father dropped him off at a movie theatre. The year was 1975 and the movie was Jaws. It changed young Brad’s life.

Margaret Penicaud continues a longstanding Island-to-Island connection with her Fish Farm for Haiti project. Her kayak raffle raises funds for the cause.

Food photographers will join cookbook authors at this year’s Cook the Vineyard event, held on July 17 from noon to 2 p.m. at Lola’s in Oak Bluffs.

A longstanding program that provides counseling, education, job placement and other services for Islanders who have been incarcerated, is slated for elimination due to state budget cutbacks.

After a review on Monday, Edgartown selectmen and public safety officials agreed that the town’s Fourth of July festivities were all smooth sailing this year.