On Sunday morning the town of Aquinnah hosts a 10K run, the first of its kind in the area. The race is part of the Save the Gay Head Lighthouse campaign. Aquinnah police are asking residents of Moshup Trail and State Road to use extra caution when exiting their driveways. Read more ....

The closing ceremony for the yearly American Heroes Saltwater Challenge had passed, but there was still one more award to hand out.

The sun had just climbed above Squibnocket ridge when Lieut. Nathan Rimpf and Senior Airman Emanuel Thompson spotted their first catch of the day.

“Birds,” Mr. Rimpf and Mr. Thompson said simultaneously with the quiet confidence of pros. With a slight nod of the head, the two surmised that a large school of fish weren’t too far away.

Rez Williams, the renowned Vineyard artist and conservationist, will receive this year’s Creative Living Award, the Permanent Endowment Fund for Martha’s Vineyard announced this week.

“He has painted landscapes and portraits, but is best known for his paintings of hulking fishing trawlers using a vibrant palette and sure, determined brushstrokes,” the fund said in a press release about the award.

Mr. Williams will be honored in a ceremony on Oct. 21 at 5:30 p.m. at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury. The public is invited to attend.

Andrea Dello Russo just replaced her first-ever head gasket. Now she drains the fluids and prepares to install the thermostat. “You see how the color is like cappuccino milk? It’s because when the head gasket leaks, all kinds of stuff gets mixed in,” she says. “This should just be oil draining out of here, but because the coolant gets in the passageways and the valves it all mixes in with the oil. Which is why it is majorly important to clean it, because this is not what your engine wants to be running with!”