This bird is no ugly duckling.

They tell us there are no free rides. But, in fact, that is not true.

Sunday night's full moon, the Daffodil Moon, will be one of the smallest full moons of the year. Can you tell? We often hear stories about a large moon and it being some kind of significant event. When the moon is close, large and full it has a big impact on our changing tides. There is magic associated with a large full moon.

The $1.6 million override, proposed by the town to deal with spending increases and the need for new positions in town hall, was approved 248 to 150.

Oak Bluffs voters passed a $2.5 million debt exclusion and picked a new town clerk at the annual town election Thursday. 

Alexander Morrison is headed to the Edgartown select board after beating out a longtime incumbent at Thursday’s annual town election.

Three towns on Martha’s Vineyard voted to ban gas-powered leaf blowers by 2028. And the Island is feeling the impact of federal cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We check out “For the Birds,” a new exhibit at Featherstone.

Martha’s Vineyard Hospital will not renew the lease for the Red House when it ends next spring, leaving the Island’s only peer recovery center searching for a new home.

The abrupt cancellation of grants by the Trump administration late last month has two public health officials who track diseases on the Island working in limbo. 

Next Level Chef contestant Ryan Scanlon, who first discovered his passion for cooking as a teenager at Alchemy in Edgartown, will return for a homecoming there later this month.