Tea Lane Associates began 50 years ago with force and chutzpah. With Eleanor D. Pearlson and Julia Green Sturges at the helm it was a potent combination.

In response to flooding from storms and tides, the club has proposed raising a portion of its wharf two additional feet above the water.

The Edgartown Dairy Queen is in new hands, with longtime owners Antone (Tony) and Erika Bettencourt selling the Upper Main street business to the Celeste family.

With a new town hall on the horizon in Oak Bluffs, a proposal to house some or all town offices at the regional high school has stirred debate.

While politically-oriented programming is often a big part of the Summer Institute series, this year politics takes even more of a center stage.