The matriarch of Aquinnah who was deeply rooted in her small town at the western edge of the Vineyard but in a sense called everywhere home because of her welcoming spirit, died Monday.

For boys on the Vineyard in need of a mentor, the wait list now for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cape Cod and the Islands is longer than ever. The organization has yet to recover from a decline in male mentors resulting from the pandemic.

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank added another 250 feet of oceanfront property to its holdings along the Tashmoo peninsula in Tisbury, with the purchase of a lot that abuts the Tashmoo Preserve.

The DJ Henry Dream Fund is sponsoring a new basketball league at the Martha's Vineyard Boys & Girls Club, its first initiative on the Island. The program begins this weekend with a clinic on Saturday.

Jeff Canha is a fifth-generation Islander who has been on the water since he was born.