Robert Bernstein's memoir chronicles his legendary career in publishing — from office boy-in-waiting at Simon and Schuster to president of Random House ­— and his years of human rights advocacy.

With picture-postcard summer weather and teeming crowds on beaches and downtown streets, by most accounts the Fourth of July on Martha's Vineyard went off with hardly a hitch.

Freshness is key to a good fish market. And Frances (Sandy) Fisher 3rd's commitment to fresh seafood means many mornings he is out on his boat before coming into Oak Bluffs Fish Market with the catch of the day.

Alison Shaw will celebrate her gallery's 10th anniversary this Saturday, July 9, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Choice is not an option at the latest addition to restaurant row in Oak Bluffs. The owners of Down Island put diners in the capable hands of chef Scott Cummings.

Seven days a week, 52 weeks a year, the small staff at Island Grown Initiative's Thimble Farm — now doing business as Island Grown Farm Hub at Thimble Farm — tends more than 30,000 square feet of greenhouses.