Cape Cod Times reporter Sean F. Driscoll has been hired as communications director for the Steamship Authority, the boat line announced.

The Chilmark home rented by President Obama and his family for a 2013 family vacation sold June 1 for $15 million.

Edgartown selectmen have agreed to allow political floats in the town’s Fourth of July parade this year, a deviation from longstanding tradition.

On Monday night, Ryan Peterson received a coveted rose sending him to the next round of the reality TV series, the Bachelorette. He watched the moment with family and friends on the Cape.

Legendary Nantucket football coach Vito Capizzo, who led the Whalers in decades of Island Cup rivalry games against the Vineyard, died May 17. He was 78.

Cape Pogue Wildlife Refuge and other barrier beaches will be closed to over-sand vehicles starting next week.