Brilliant poet Paul Laurence Dunbar described, in part, his favorite month of the year like this:

Listen to John Updike describe September: ”The breezes taste of apple peel. The air is full of smells to feel — ripe fruit, old footballs, drying grass, new books and blackboards chalk in class. The bee, his hive, well, honey hums while Mother cuts Chrysanthemums. Like plates washed clean with suds, the days are polished with a morning haze.”

The Vineyard Branch of the NAACP will host its 23rd George Tankard, Jr.. Memorial 5K Road Race on Saturday, Sept. 20 in Oak Bluffs.

Ronald and Charlene Carroll did not realize early on that their great uncle, William H. Lewis, was not only a football, political and legal giant from Boston, but was also a regular at Shearer Cottage in the early 20th century.

Five Corners in Vineyard Haven has long been a location for sizable protest of one kind or another. Labor Day 2025 was no different.

Tammy Jones threw a birthday celebration for the “ages” last Friday and Saturday, beginning at Nomans and ending at the family cottage in Tashmoo.