Local fillmmakers Liz Witham and Ken Wentworth have been working on a series of short films about local efforts to help the environment.

Vineyard Gardens is getting ready for their annual Gallery in the Gardens series featuring artists showing work at the garden center.

On June 24 a Facebook report claimed several Atlantic puffins were flying into Menemsha Pond up the channel.

Wild indigo, known for its blues, is boasting bright yellow blossoms. This full-figured herb, which shows round or globular growth, is now in flower.

The coastal mapping vessel Ferdinand R. Hassler is nearing the end of a two-month mission to gather data south of the Vineyard. The data will be used to update nautical charts that are based on surveys conducted mostly before 1940.

Supporters of the Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation gathered Monday night at the Borggaard farm in West Tisbury for a gala to benefit the foundation's general fund and the organization's mission to preserve and manage natural habitats on the Island. The event raised more than $320,000.