After nine years of providing fair winds for the nonprofit Sail Martha’s Vineyard, executive director Brock Callen has announced his retirement, the organization said.

As the season reaches the midway point, several teams are asserting their dominance while others are recouping from hard-fought losses.

Chick Stapleton was the first woman across the finish line at the 36th annual run of the Charles.

On June 28 Betsy Dripps will be inducted into the Eastern Massachusetts Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

While Cooper Gilkes waited for a delivery of trout to arrive at Duarte’s Pond on Wednesday morning, he remembered trout derbies past.

Oak Bluffs resident Mike DeBettencourt will be honored at Monday night’s Boston Celtics game for donating a kidney to his father in law last year.