President Obama and his family ended their vacation on the Vineyard Sunday just as they had begun it 10 days earlier — quietly and without fanfare.

On a recent afternoon, when the skies had finally cleared and the earth was beginning to soak up five days worth of rain, Marie Scott emerged out of her field off Middle Road in Chilmark. Barefoot, she appeared to float effortlessly amongst her crops. Her feet squished in the damp ground as she showed the Gazette around the land she has been connected to her entire life off Beetlebung Corner, aptly named Beetlebung Farm.

Generations of joggers, walkers and runners gathered at Washington Park in Oak Bluffs on Saturday morning for the 22nd annual Sullivan 5K Run and Walk for Health and Fitness. The fundraiser for the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital had all the trappings of a family reunion and social until the race began and the group suddenly rushed en masse down the street. Prior to the start, participants lingered about, sharing stories and sipping from bottles of water.

Director Joann Green Breuer is a bit vague when it comes to describing the themes at work in her Vineyard Playhouse performance of the Brian Friel play Faith Healer. It’s not that she’s trying to be evasive, it’s just that the subject matter itself is sometimes vague, subjective and difficult to describe.