Climate change, immigration and energy were all topics for discussion when Sen. Ed Markey held a town hall meeting at the Hebrew Center Sunday.

A scholarship event held at Lola’s last week marked 50 years since Mr. Brooke first held elected office.

At a high-energy town hall meeting Saturday morning, Sen. Elizabeth Warren urged an overflow crowd to get organized and get involved.

A large number of dignitaries and friends from the Vineyard attended the funeral service of Sen. Edward William Brooke 3rd at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

Senator Brooke was remembered this week as the Island’s own — a man whose summers were spent at his home on Nashawena Park with family and friends, a skilled tennis player and a community steward and role model.

In the midst of a nationally-watched, closely-contested U.S. senate race, Elizabeth Warren came to the Vineyard this weekend with a message: there are two visions of America on the table for November’s election, she said, and stakes are high.