August 2 was a perfect summer Sunday with which to begin the Holmes Hole August series. The morning race was two trips around the harbor on a rising tide.

Micro-habitats on the Vineyard are really important, National Park Service director Jonathan Jarvis said in a brief interview with the Gazette Monday. Mr. Jarvis was on the Island to attend a private fundraiser.

After 28 years of providing giggles and fun, BeeBee Horowitz is closing the lid on The Toy Box for herself and giving someone else the chance to open it. This will be her last summer at the popular Vineyard Haven toy shop.

In June 1965, conservationists concerned about development on the Lobsterville moors sent out letters to residents asking them to join the fight “to preserve the natural beauty of Martha’s Vineyard.” Fifty years later, the Vineyard Conservation Society endures, its mission unchanged.

On Monday nights at Featherstone Center for the Arts, it’s all about the music. This week, Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish embraced the outdoor stage as part of the ongoing Musical Monday series.

Hundreds of people filled the Chilmark Community Center on Friday to hear award-winning journalists Ta-Nehisi Coates and Michele Norris discuss Mr. Coates’s new book and the idea of a post-racial America.