When Harry Tappan Heher started writing the The Mistover Tale 16 years ago, he saw the film as nothing more than an adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s Return of the Native. Using the novel as his guide, he wrote a screenplay that depicts the beauty of Martha’s Vineyard.

Sitting in the lobby of the newly renovated Vineyard Playhouse, Joe Forbrich had again arrived on the Island at the end of a long journey. His playwriting debut, The Whaleship Essex, opens on Saturday.

First grade students from Edgartown School explored the education programs at Polly Hill Arboretum, which are offered free of charge to kindergarten through fourth grade students throughout the Island.

Just after 11 a.m. Saturday morning, people emptied out of stores and flooded the streets of Vineyard Haven as the Northeast Navy Marching Band marched down Main street. This Flag Day parade was held in honor of the 50th anniversary of the opening of Veterans Memorial Park.

Coop De Ville is the unofficial headquarters for World Cup fever on the Island. The Oak Bluffs waterfront bar was a colorful scene Thursday during the opening match between Brazil and Croatia.

Friends, family and the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School class of 2014 filled the Trinity Park Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs on Sunday afternoon. Per tradition for the graduates, the boys wore purple caps and gowns and the girls wore white.