On July 16, Doug McConnell will attempt once more to swim from Nantucket to Martha's Vineyard. This time he has organized a team of local swimmers to help him achieve victory, all to benefit ALS research.

In Edgartown, there are new kids on the dock.

Smaller in scope than other local groups, and relying largely on private donations rather than public funding, Habitat for Humanity focuses on building single-family homes for private ownership.

The Martha’s Vineyard YMCA’s $30 million field-house expansion, set to add classroom space and an indoor basketball court and track to the Oak Bluffs facility, has cleared its final permitting hurdles and is preparing to break ground next spring.

Little League World Series competition came to a close for the Vineyard on Monday after the under-twelves team lost 10–0 to Barnstable at home at Penn Field.

Last week, Geo Meikle helped carry a U.S. national team to victory in the United World Games, an Austrian tournament featuring elite student basketball teams from more than 30 countries.