Vineyarders have offered support this weekend for Oak Bluffs resident Yann Meersseman. His son, Arnaud Meersseman, was shot and wounded that night but is expected to recover.

Wall Street Journal sports columnist and former Gazette reporter Jason Gay calls his new book, Little Victories, “a rule book for people that don’t like following rules, an advice book for people that don’t like advice books.”

An investment group from Newport Beach, Calif., is the new owner of the boutique hotel created by businesswoman Maggie White on Upper Main street Edgartown.

With wind and rain in the forecast for Wednesday’s national holiday, the Wednesday morning parade has been canceled. There will be an indoor ceremony at 10:45 a.m. at the VFW in Oak Bluffs.

Cape and Islands state Sen. Dan Wolf announced this week that he will not seek a fourth term next year. He has represented the Cape and Islands since 2009.

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank will expand its Fulling Mill Brook Preserve in Chilmark with the purchase this week of 17 acres on Middle Road. The land bank paid $1,775,000 to siblings Emily and Oliver Rothschild for the property.