It’s summer on the Vineyard and the afternoon sun casts shadows across Lucy Vincent Beach in Chilmark. Peter Simon is there in his beachfront office, Pentax in hand.

The iconic Vineyard photographer whose pictures of people spanned more than half a century, died Sunday night at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

Oak Bluffs voters go to the polls today to give a final stamp of approval — or not — for the long-planned new town hall project. Polls are open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the town library.

Mirroring the heated electoral mood around the country, Vineyard voters turned out in unusually large numbers Tuesday.

Turning out in large numbers Tuesday alongside their counterparts around the country, Vineyard voters elected a new clerk for the superior court and a fresh slate for the county commission.

Vineyard voters turned out in large numbers to cast ballots Tuesday, forming lines all day at the polls in most towns. Polls closed at 8 p.m.