Lines have been long all summer at the Grey Barn ever since owners Eric and Molly Glasgow announced that this would be the last summer for the farmstead.

Just a week out from the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair, farmers are eyeing their vegetables, Island artisans are putting the final touches on their wares and cooks are honing their recipes in search of first place blue ribbons. 

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first ever Black woman to sit on the country’s highest court, was on the Vineyard over the weekend to discuss her work and new memoir.

U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley was on the Island Saturday for the premiere of She Dared To Dream, a documentary about the lawmaker made by filmmaker and frequent Vineyard visitor Abby Ginzberg.

Menemsha Pond and Katama Bay reopened to oyster harvesting on Friday morning after being closed for a week to investigate several cases of gastrointestinal illness. 

The Aquinnah select board is hoping to learn if the town is responsible for paying the entire education costs for students who live on sovereign land owned by the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah).