The Edgartown parade will start promptly at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, with thousands expected to attend. Children's parades will take place in Aquinnah and Oak Bluffs.

A man hosed down the dirt around home plate as fans entered the Shark Tank last week for a game against the Seacoast Mavericks.

On Saturday, July 1, Livingston Taylor will return to the Vineyard for his annual concert at the Old Whaling Church. The performance will mark Mr. Taylor’s 49th year playing on the Vineyard.

Returning to the Vineyard for a short break from his sixth tour of duty, U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Kevin Devine of Aquinnah saw a big welcome home on Sunday.

At The Home Show last Friday night, Abby Bender emerged out of the elevator of the Oak Bluffs Public Library, waded through the crowd with a trash bag clutched to her chest and headed down the stairs.

Sister Immaculata Mulyei, a Franciscan Sister living and working in Zambia at the Mama Bakhita Cheshire Home for disabled children, arrived on the Island last Tuesday after a two-day journey from Zambia.