Two 16-year-old Islanders who are guards at Pay Beach sprang to action early Wednesday to rescue two fishermen whose small boat had capsized about 100 yards offshore. There were no serious injuries.

At night the side streets of Edgartown go dark and quiet. But just a few blocks away on Main street, the beat of late night dining and dancing has reinvigorated the town.

Bidders battled it out under peaked white tents at the Winnetu Oceanside Resort in Katama on Sunday, pledging $136,250 during a live auction for Martha's Vineyard Community Services.

On an Island known for its generosity, the Art Buchwald Possible Dreams Auction is perhaps the most extravagant example.

Coming off a European tour with his band Dispatch, Chadwick Stokes returns to his childhood vacation spot for a little down time, and to perform at Union Chapel Saturday.

Captain Nils (Gus) Leaf spends his time on a boat. Nathan Gould tends to stay in the kitchen. The two met during a striped bass handoff and are cornering the Vineyard smoked fish market, one spread at a time.