On Saturday, March 9, the partnership of the Vineyard Conservation Society and the MV Film Society will host its next Green on Screen event, a series of films that explore and bring attention to environmental issues. This time; everything you ever wanted to know about biophilic design but were afraid to ask.

Well, here’s a party we are all invited to which seems to occur only every four years and I think we need to change that. Martha’s Vineyard Cancer Support Group is holding its fourth potluck supper on Sunday, March 10 at the P.A. Club in Oak Bluffs.

Well the month of March came in like a lion, no doubt about it. On Monday, there was about three inches of snow followed by about an inch of sleet making it a heavy, crusty snow to remove from driveways and paths. It snowed just enough Tuesday night to lightly cover the walkways you had shoveled during the daylight.

Chilmark, as I write on Wednesday, is prepping for yet another winter storm. It is sincerely hoped by most that this will be the last one! All our lucky neighbors who were away on vacation last week will be happy to share this latest bit of winter with the rest of us!

Aquinnah Public Library staff have been working on a schedule of speakers for the summer season. If you are interested in participating as a speaker, please call the library at 508-645-2314. Stop by to view the new books that have arrived as well as the new videos. Saturday is coffee day all day with the staff.

The school vacation week in February and the few days before and after seems to be the very quietest time for the Chappy Ferry as well as for the rest of the Vineyard. This is as close as we get to the “dead of winter.” Even so there have still been some interesting outdoor activities.

Jan Norton called me to say she had red-winged blackbirds on her feeder. That is a sure sign of changing seasons; we used to wait for their call and know spring had arrived — of course, spring appeared to be a lot closer until we heard the recent forecast for wind and snow. We will see who wins out this one.

It’s remarkable how strings of events in a small town are related. Smarting from WMVY-FM’s transition to online instead of on-the-air, fading memories of the Pit Stop and changing plans at Season’s lead to memories of Circuit avenue’s famed coffee shops, the Unicorn and the Mooncusser. “Mooncussers” (the pirates of Martha’s Vineyard in the late 1600s and early 1700s) would set beacon fires on beaches to lure ships onto the rocks, and when the ships beached, would grab whatever cargo survived.

Two Vineyard institutions, the Vineyard Gazette and The Nature Conservancy (TNC), have announced a new partnership to advance an innovative approach to the Island’s environmental challenges. A new section on the Gazette website (mvgazette.com/nature-conservancy) will introduce Gazette readers to the principles and techniques of TNC’s Vineyard Habitat Network, which pairs TNC know-how with the energy and resources of conservation-minded Islanders.

Launched in 2011, the Habitat Network is free to participants and involves no obligations.

Spring training is in full swing in Florida, but on the Island summer baseball preparations are also underway. The Martha’s Vineyard Sharks collegiate summer baseball league has announced its roster for the 2013 season, with some familiar faces and a brand new bullpen.

For the third year in a row Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School graduate Tad Gold will take to center field. He will be joined by current regional high school senior Jack Roberts.