The Martha’s Vineyard Youth Leadership Initiative hosted its third annual Job Shadow Day this month, matching about a dozen Vineyard young people with mentors to gain firsthand experience about careers in their fields of interest, including software design, public relations and physical therapy. The day capped an eight-month program that began in June with the MVYLI Youth Leadership Summit. Liz Witham, left, of Film-Truth Productions, and Shavanae Anderson were among those who attended a reception at the Harbor View Hotel where the youth and their mentors shared their experiences.

Casey McCurdy and David Jiménez Barrantes were married on March 24, 2012 on a bright, sunny afternoon in the rainforest at the Tilajari Resort Hotel, overlooking the San Carlos River near Mt. Arenal Volcano in La Fortuna, Costa Rica.

The Steamship Authority will take a look at establishing a policy for unaccompanied children traveling on their ferries.

At the monthly meeting of the Steamship Authority governors Tuesday in Woods Hole, the board discussed creating a policy that would set a minimum age for travel by unaccompanied minors.

A meeting called to discuss long-range management for the Menemsha Pond system took a surprise turn when a spokesman for the U.S.

A plan for the U.S. Coast Guard to begin construction on the new Menemsha boathouse sometime this summer was met with harsh criticism by a group of town residents at a Chilmark conservation commission meeting last week.