After nearly three days out of service because of repair work to the ship's service generator, the Island Home will be back in commission starting Thursday evening.

The varsity swim teams traveled to Bridgewater State University last weekend to compete in the 20th Bay Colony Conference championship meet, breaking several school records and in some cases earning spots in the South/Central Sectional Championships.

The Martha’s Vineyard Sharks, the Island's summer collegiate baseball team, will be opening a retail store and ticket office in Vineyard Haven.

Summer doesn’t officially begin for another 135 days, but Chilmark officials are already preparing for the heavy traffic that clogged the parking lot at Lucy Vincent Beach last July and August.

A Vineyard designer and businesswoman was presented with the Martha’s Vineyard Youth Leadership’s Pat Gregory award at a ceremony last Friday at the Harbor View Hotel.