During last Thursday’s IMP rehearsal, there was some hesitation about Hansel. The game was called “Happily Ever After . . . Or Not,” and the improv group of teenage actors were waiting for the narrator, in this case Ashley Girard, to begin the story.

The following is a list of many of the Good Friday and Easter services held around the Island this weekend. Houses of worship will also host sunrise services at a backyard, a Sherriff’s Meadow property and Inkwell Beach. Easter egg hunts abound, pancake breakfasts, too, and the West Tisbury Congregational Church will once again celebrate its Easter service at the Agricultural Hall at 10 a.m. with an Easter egg hunt afterwards. All are welcome.

Bulbs are one of nature’s bright ideas.

Valeryia and Michael Jackson of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Henry Igor Jackson, born on March 22, 2013 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Henry weighed 7 pounds, 13.6 ounces at birth.

At first glance, it seems unlikely that there is a connection between the abundance of white-tailed deer and the long-term documented decline of many songbirds. But let’s take a closer look.

Amazingly enough, deer used to be scarce, with low populations nationwide prior to 1900. Their populations rebounded once restrictions on hunting were put in place and now they are incredibly abundant, making this perhaps one of the most successful wildlife conservation efforts ever.

Karen and Derek Logan of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, Shiloh Louise Logan, born on March 18, 2013 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Shiloh weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces at birth.

Kia Minor of Edgartown, a former basketball player at the Oak Bluffs School and the regional high school, was named a member of the 2012-2013 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball All-Conference First Team last week. Kia, a senior at Framingham State University, is captain of the women’s basketball team. She has been chosen twice this year as the MASCAC Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, and is the eighth Framingham State women’s basketball player to pass 1,000 career points.

Truth be told — I picked the last of the carrots. I had one little section left but they have started growing again. They are covered with little hairy roots. Hairy is not a word one ever wants to hear in reference to food. I am going to leave a few to grow some seeds. Because carrots are biennial, they will produce seed the second year following a bloom that exactly resembles Queen Anne’s Lace. If times get really tough you can eat the root of the aforementioned.

Edgartown Race Weekend has been extended to a three-day event with the announcement that the Edgartown Yacht Club plans to add another day to its Big Boat Buoy Races.

Darrell Moreis of Vineyard Haven and Siobhan Smith of West Tisbury have been named to the chancellor’s list, and Meghan Brown of Oak Bluffs and Luke Bettencourt of Edgartown have been named to the dean’s list at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth for the fall 2012 semester.