On a recent Sunday after noon, the wind notwithstanding, I went for a walk along the west bank of West Tisbury’s controversial Mill Pond.

As West Tisbury considers the future of the Mill Pond, a group of Islanders is highlighting the pond’s history and deep connections in the community.

A new multi-year study to determine the health of the Mill Brook in West Tisbury has found the system is struggling, prompting consideration of how to aid the nearly 3,000-acre watershed that feeds Mill Pond. 

A swan, on Old Mill Pond, is hurting, or so it seems to me.

A public meeting to discuss the recent Mill Brook watershed report in West Tisbury saw wide-ranging discussion Monday.

High water temperatures, water diversion and inflated levels of nitrogen and phosphorus all threaten the Mill Brook river system, a report concludes.

About 50 people gathered Sunday to commemorate the Mill Pond, a symbol of West Tisbury and a reminder of the town’s origins.

West Tisbury animal control officer Joan Jenkinson told selectmen Wednesday that the birds on Mill Pond leave the pond too often, threatening their safety.