From the April 19, 1985 edition by Richard Reston: A few random thoughts while having breakfast this morning.

A long-simmering controversy about the use and management of Chilmark’s town tennis courts will come before voters at annual town meeting next week, where residents will also weigh in on upping the short-term rental tax, a variety of funding articles and a nearly $14.5 million budget. 

Since 2022, Eversource has been telling customers on the Vineyard that the utility company cannot take on any solar projects larger than 15 kilowatts — and in some instances 25 kilowatts — while it plans to beef up a Falmouth substation that services the Island.

At about 8:35 a.m., firefighters received three alarms simultaneously at the Edgartown Stop & Shop, Edgartown School and Vineyard Golf Club, said fire chief Alex Schaeffer. 

Did any Islanders run in the Boston Marathon? The winners were Helen Obiri of Kenya and Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia.

The 32nd annual Vineyard Conservation Society Earth Day beach clean-up takes place Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Monday is Earth Day, number 54 since it began in 1970, and so it is appropriate to push off from indoor activities and turn one’s eyes to dirt and grass, sky and sea.

A pair of newly-discovered bookkeeping snafus have sent Tisbury officials scrambling to reduce a $1.5 million Proposition 2 1/2 override vote at the annual town meeting May 28.

This is the yellowest Spring that I can recall. I’m betting that at some point forsythia will be labeled an invasive species.

It’s hard to believe Basil Welch has been gone since 2011.