The Vineyard House's annual Water Tasting By the Sea started as a small, grassroots event more than 25 years ago. It now attracts a crowd of 250 people and can bring in about 20 per cent of the annual donations for the sober home.

Beech leaf disease has made its way to the Island and its devastation to the Vineyard's abundant beech tree population is starting to show.

Bernard Chiu, investor, inventor and owner of the Harbor View Hotel, has spent many nights dreaming about dehumidifier technology.

This year's Truth & Joy celebration takes place Saturday, July 22 at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

When you read the word "pasture," the image that likely comes to mind is of undulating green hills, or maybe a flat green field.

Melany Kahn feels that mushroom foraging, or simply mushrooming, is best taught on the scene with an experienced mycologist.