Robert Sanford Brustein, a titan of the theatre world who launched two seminal institutions, the Yale Repertory Theatre and the American Repertory Theater, nurtured numerous careers and was honored with the National Medal of Arts, died on Oct. 29. He was 96.

On a recent chilly afternoon, three women tucked themselves into beach chairs overlooking Sengekontacket Pond and got to work.

Island Cup bragging rights will not be the only trophy on the line this Saturday when Vineyard sports teams travel to Nantucket. This year the field hockey and boys and girls soccer teams will do battle for the Golden Anchor trophies.

Shannon Gregory Carbon, teacher, Vineyarder and beloved member of the Island community, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, Oct. 10. She was 53.

A seasonal resident of the Vineyard, Robert Day had a large impact on the Island through his many generous donations, most of which he did not publicize.

A lawyer by education and a salesman by personality, Fred Mascolo opened his first store on Upper Main street in Edgartown in 1982, and eventually ran nine stores in the New England area.

Charles James Ogletree Jr., law professor, seasonal Oak Bluffs resident and founder of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School, died on Friday, August 4.

Some books require research, the writer visiting archives and interviewing all manner of people.

A few years ago, Steve Katz, doctor of chiropractic, looked out on the pond he had built in his West Tisbury backyard and thought it could be better.

I was talking to a fellow dad the other day, the two of us sharing a beer on the porch. “Do you think it’s more sad or weird when a kid leaves home?” my friend asked.