In a meeting Thursday, Vineyard Lands for Our Community president Steve Bernier said the nonprofit is scrambling to raise the closing costs for a massive redevelopement project on the Vineyard Haven waterfront before the August 1 deadline.

Michael Colaneri received the Spirit of the Vineyard Award Thursday to a standing ovation from friends, family and colleagues at the Portuguese-American Club.

Last week, Geo Meikle helped carry a U.S. national team to victory in the United World Games, an Austrian tournament featuring elite student basketball teams from more than 30 countries.

Four young Island men have bought into the lobstering business in the past two years, continuing family legacies. Three are in their early 20s; one recently turned 18, graduating from the regional high school in June.

The Island homelessness relief group Harbor Homes has begun a new summer outreach program that aims to offer food, medicine, counseling services and more to the Island’s high seasonal homeless population.

This year’s parade begins at 5 p.m. on July 4. Marchers old and new, along with their floats, will line up in the Edgartown School parking lot earlier on Thursday, and when the bell tower strikes five, they will all proceed down a well-worn path.