A new book by a Vineyard author tackles an old controversy. Anyone interested in the 1969 Chappaquiddick tragedy will find it compelling reading.

After a summer of nearly 20,000 visitors, the Gay Head Lighthouse will close on Columbus Day for the winter.

The Living Local Harvest Festival begins on Friday, Sept. 30 with a night of stories moderated by Susan Klein.

When Mary Stewart Hammond’s poem The Big Fish Story was published in The New Yorker 10 years ago, her husband “was so mortified,” she said, “He went down to the Stop & Shop (and) bought every copy so his friends wouldn’t see it.”

Doug Cabral’s new book, News Hounds: An Accidental Newspaper Life on Martha's Vineyard, frames his years as editor and community newspaper owner around a multitude of canine companions.

Next week Alaskans and New Englanders will gather for a conference about whaling in the Arctic, with events in New Bedford, Nantucket, and on the Vineyard.