With the 154th annual Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society Livestock Show and Fair less than a week away, farmers across the Island are preparing goats and alpacas, tomatoes and berries to compete for blue ribbons.

Photographer Alessandra Petlin has spent 40 consecutive summers on Martha’s Vineyard at her family’s home on Wayside Farm in Chilmark. But this summer marks a first for the artist. She momentarily stepped out of her Vineyard routine Saturday night to celebrate her first gallery opening, ever.

The Martha’s Vineyard Museum honored writer Cynthia Riggs, Beagary Charitable Trust head Pat Morgan and the late West Tisbury town moderator Pat Gregory this week with the 2015 Martha’s Vineyard medal.

Peace activists gathered at the Gay Head Lighthouse at sunrise on Thursday in remembrance of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years ago. Some were first timers at the vigil, but for others it’s an annual tradition.

The annual Hospice of Martha's Vineyard summer soiree, a key fundraising event, will be held on Monday, August 10, at the Farm Neck Golf Club. The hospice program provides services free of charge to all its clients.

Becoming Bulletproof, a new documentary by Michael Barnett about Zeno Mountain Farm, offers a glimpse into a world that more closely resembles a utopia than a traditional camp. Zeno was founded by Islanders Ila and Peter Halby, who met at Camp Jabberwocky.