It appears that March is going to be arriving like a lamb despite the rain. This past week has been filled with sunny weather and a few days hovering around 60 degrees. Sure sign of spring: over the town line in Chilmark, highway superintendent Keith Emin finally received his plow attached to the new 2017 Ford F250 red truck with a power tailgate — that will surely ward off any further snow for this winter.

Congratulations to my Vineyard Gazette cohorts for another amazing year of awards during the annual New England Newspaper awards in Boston over the weekend.

School vacation week at the Aquinnah Public Library has had many activities. Story time is on March 4 at 10:30 a.m. and from 11 to 3 kids craft time will feature Popsicle stick cars. On Tuesday, March 7 the After School Club returns.

Martha’s Vineyard Community Services will be the recipients of Dine to Donate at Offshore Ale on March 9. A portion of food sales throughout the day will be donated to MVCS. There will be a raffle as well as a silent auction during dinner time.

The Scottish Society Songsters will present a concert entitled My Heart’s in the Highlands at the Edgartown Public Library on Saturday, March 11 at 3 p.m. Songs by Scotland’s favorite poet, Robert Burns, will be sung along with a new Scotland Song by Island poet Steve Ewing, set to music by Dorian Lopes. Philip Dietterich directs the Vineyard Scottish Songbirds.

The West Tisbury School fifth grade will host a soup dinner and bingo night at the school on March 17 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. There will also be a raffle during the evening. Tickets will be $10 which includes soup and three games of bingo. The evening is for the benefit of their Shenandoah trip.

The Martha’s Vineyard Cancer Support Group’s Daffodil Time is coming. Daffodils will be sold ($10 per bunch) at the Edgartown Stop & Shop, Reliable Market, and Cronigs in Vineyard Haven starting at 9 a.m. and the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 17, while supplies last. Cancer is the leading cause of death on the Island and a diagnosis brings not only emotional and physical pain but often financial difficulty. All the money collected will be used to help patients and their families with medical expenses and the cost of transportation, lodging and food when they have to travel off Island for treatment. The cancer support group meets every Wednesday at noon in the library at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center.

Welcome to the Rev. Leo Christian, newly arrived minister for both Community Baptist Church of Gay Head and First Baptist Church in Vineyard Haven.

Congratulations to Adam and Beth Struyk on the birth of their first child, Landon Tyler Struyk, born Monday night at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Adam is a member of the crew at USCG Station Menemsha and they are residents of Oak Bluffs, moving here from New Jersey.

Sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Eleanor Waldron, who passed away at the home of her birth in West Tisbury on Feb. 22. Eleanor enjoyed her days of birding. Fond memories of the fun times at our family restaurant where her daughter Angela worked during the ‘60s, when they would dine with many of their friends and neighbors.

Condolences to the family and friends of Brandon Wight, who passed away on Sunday in Florida. Fond memories of days at his Flea Market on Main street in Vineyard Haven and then his move to the Granary Gallery in West Tisbury.

Happy 64th anniversary wishes to Ted and Shirley Dewing on March 9.

Happy birthday wishes this week to my daughter Sharon Spiller on March 4 as she shares the day with Robert Rosenberg, Diana Dilly DeBlase, and my princess friend Jolene Holtham, who will be four years old. Wendy Andrews celebrates on March 5 and shares the day with Ruth Rocha. March 6 is a day of celebration for twins David and Douglas Seward as they observe a milestone. Shaquille Reed and Gregory O’Gorman also party on March 6. Aron Jackson parties on the 7th.

Send Aquinnah news to junemanning152@gmail.com.