The brightest planet in our evening sky is about to disappear, or for many of us, it is already gone. The brilliant planet Jupiter is getting so close to the western horizon after sunset you may miss it. Jupiter was a sentinel in our evening sky for so many many months, going back to autumn.

Jupiter is about to be hidden by the glow of the sun and won't be visible again until summer, when it appears in the morning sky. Certainly the earliest you'll see Jupiter is at the end of May, at dawn, in the morning sky.

Bethany Hammond, assistant director of the Up-Island Council on Aging, will be taking over as new director of the organization next month.

As the spring season begins, I’d like to address the question no one has been asking and officially announce my retirement from youth sports coaching.

Who gets to decide what’s best for the Vineyard? How does the Island prioritize demands on its limited resources? Who here has NIMBY cred?

From the April 24, 1959 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:

recalling the gorgeous mornings / before the hordes / of May when grandson / and his always faithful bear / would climb into the stroller / and off we would go / down Circuit Avenue.

The Greenhouse of Martha’s Vineyard, formerly COMSOG, is a nonprofit community organization that aims to promote gardening.

Thank you to Animal Health Care Associates at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport for doing the right thing during a crisis on April 17.

The following cases were heard in Edgartown District Court.

Bruce Alexander MacClellan and Alysa MacClellan purchased 44 Jeremiah Road in Edgartown from Lionel Spiro for $1,325,000 on April 17.