From charter members to recently diagnosed patients to caregivers, over 40 people attended the annual Martha’s Vineyard Cancer Support Group celebration of survival on Sunday night. The potluck dinner was held at the Portuguese-American Club in Oak Bluffs.

There will be no lack of support for the Vineyard boys’ basketball team as they take on defending state champion Danvers in tomorrow’s Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletics Association state semifinals. In fact, the whole school has been given a half day off to watch the home team play at the TD Garden in Boston.

Regional high school sophomore Eli Hanschka won a second place award at the South Shore Regional Science Fair on Saturday, earning him a spot in the Massachusetts State Science and Engineering Fair.

It’s a celebration, not a fundraiser

That was the story line in a recent news release from the Martha’s Vineyard Cancer Support Group, which will host an event this month for the pure reason of having a party. Called a Celebration of Survival and Support, the event will be held at the Portuguese American Club on Sunday, March 10. The party begins at 5 p.m. All are welcome; there is no admission fee and no auction.

They came ready for a rematch, and that's what they got. On Saturday afternoon the boys' basketball team topped defending title-holders Wareham to claim the title of Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletics Association Division 3 South Section champions. They now advance to the statewide Division 3 tournament semifinals on Tuesday at the TD Garden.

For the second year in a row, the boys’ basketball team is headed to the finals of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletics Association sectional tournament after defeating Medway 70-60 Monday evening in Taunton. With the win, the boys improved their season record to 17-5 and advance to the Division 3 South Section finals, which will be played this Saturday at UMass-Boston.

There is good news on the Vineyard waterfront for those who love to eat fresh-caught fish. This summer, for the first time in many years, black sea bass will be available in restaurants and fish markets. Sea bass are abundant in surrounding waters, a commercial quota system in place has meant that the quota would be landed early in the fishing season.

High wind and incessant precipitation from a powerful ocean storm that pelted the Island for two days abated Friday night, but not before flooding low-lying areas, disrupting travel and and threatening substantial erosion to coastlines.

A barely-visible comet is now appearing low in the western sky shortly after sunset. Comet watchers hope it will grow brighter and easier to see in the nights ahead.

The Comet Pan-STARRS has caught the attention of professional and amateur astronomers around the world since it was first recorded by an automated telescope (the Pan-STARRS  telescope) in June of 2011. Astronomers have been watching it through their telescopes for months as it moves into our solar system. Now it is time for sky watchers in the northern hemisphere to see it, hopefully without scopes.

Plans to move a Chappaquiddick house threatened by rapid coastal erosion took a step forward Tuesday when the Edgartown planning board approved a special permit for the first stage of the house move.

The board got its first look Tuesday at plans to relocate an 8,800-square-foot house at Wasque Point owned by Richard and Jennifer Schifter, as well as a guest house and garage. The Schifter property has been threatened by rapid erosion over the last year; the coastal bluff is now 50 feet away from a stone pool enclosure.