Island military veterans and active service members marched through the streets of downtown Oak Bluffs Saturday morning for the annual Martha’s Vineyard Veterans Day parade, hosted by the Dukes County Veterans Service Center.

Last spring a Chicken Alley Thrift Shop volunteer found an important work by Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu among a large pile of donations. Last week the painting sold for $10,000 at a Sotheby's auction.

Eighty years ago, while World War II was raging in Europe, the military carved 683 acres out of the state forest on the Vineyard to create the United States Naval Auxiliary Facility.

The Alison Boylston Piazza house has sat in its location on Upper Main street in Edgartown for 175 years and for much of its life has embraced a musical legacy that continues today.

We have two adoptions to report this week. The young tabby and white girl, Sparkle, is moving on to her new home, and bunny brothers Peter and Teddy have an adoption pending. Best wishes to everyone.