Adam Nagler is on a journey to paddle 1,000 miles to raise money for Martha's Vineyard Community Services. His arrival in Aquinnah this week commences the last leg of his wild ride.

The commercial striped bass fishing season has ended early in Massachusetts, after the state Division of Marine Fisheries projected the annual quota for the fish was reached last week.

Gathered at their usual playing field behind the Boys and Girls Club, brandishing long wooden mallets and donning floppy cloth hats, members of the Edgartown Croquet Club faced off against their counterparts and friendly rivals from Sandwich.

Charlie Ortmans, 18, won the Chilmark Road Race for the second year in a row with a time of 15:14. Marian Johnson was the first female finisher for the sixth time, crossing the line at 17:42.

For Andrew Nutton, sailing is more than a lifelong love and vocation. The newly appointed executive director of Sail Martha’s Vineyard credits it with his very life.