The principles governing the management of affordable housing were the subject of a spirited debate in Chilmark last week.

On the table were deed riders for two affordable homesites in town and draft changes to guidelines submitted by the affordable housing committee.

At issue were two questions: Should Chilmark affordable housing lots stay in the family regardless of income, or stay affordable forever? And should developers who contribute affordable lots be allowed to decide who the lots go to?

Widow’s walks attest to them, historians tend to overlook them, and now at last, they have been given a chance to speak for themselves. Or rather, to sing for themselves.

They are the wives of Vineyard whalers, whose husbands left for voyages of up to four or five years, and who were left to tend farms, manage general stores and mind their husband’s assets in a society unaccustomed to accepting women’s role in the public sphere.

Anybody listening to music anywhere on Martha’s Vineyard but at the Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs on Friday night was listening in the wrong place.

Which means all but about 50 people on the Island. For that was the total crowd which turned up to hear the Elio Villafranca trio’s two shows at 7 and 9 p.m.

And that is sad thing, as much as the man who brought the trio, broadcaster, documentary maker and general jazz aficionado Jim Luce, tried to make light of it before the trio’s second show.

With the future of the groundfish industry at stake, five Islanders plan to attend a three-day summit in Portland, Me., this week where a new management system that aims to rebuild stocks and make fishing profitable again will be considered.

The meeting of the New England Fishery Management Council opens today and runs through Thursday. The council is expected to vote on establishing a new sector system for catching groundfish, including cod, haddock and the many flounders that were once abundant in New England waters.

Racks of hats and T-shirts for the optimists, sweatshirts and raincoats for the cautious, coffee cups for grown-ups, balloons for kids, hair products for the stylish and umbrellas to keep their hair dry — all of them lined outdoor tables for the length of Circuit avenue on Saturday at 5 p.m., ready to celebrate the fourth annual Oak Bluffs Summer Solstice.

A displaced but friendly goose has become a frequent visitor to downtown Oak Bluffs in recent days, waddling up and down Circuit avenue and charming visitors, shopkeepers and year-round residents alike.

The goose spent much of Friday on Circuit avenue peeking in store windows and mingling with pedestrians, many of whom snapped pictures and walked alongside it.

It was standing room only Sunday afternoon for the installation of the Rev. Cathlin Baker as the 50th minister and first woman to lead the 336-year-old First Congregational Church of West Tisbury. On hand to participate in the celebratory event were 22 clergy and delegates from the Barnstable Association of the United Church of Christ, Island clergy and friends and supporters from Union Theological Seminary in New York city. It was there that Cathlin Baker received her master of divinity degree.

Slow Food Potluck

Slow Food Martha’s Vineyard is holding its June community potluck at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury on Thursday, June 25, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. In addition to the potluck there will be an update on plans for the July summer potluck and fundraiser and request for volunteer help for this event. In the Slow Food tradition please bring a dish to amply feed six — including a local ingredient if possible — your own place settings, and BYOB. For details, e-mail slowfoodvineyard@gmail.com.

Brown University, Tufts University, Wellesley College, Middlebury College, American University, University of Virginia. Two senior males. All the rest senior women. And there were more. And all of them women. And all of them with honors. All to be celebrated in a special way, not just for graduating from the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, but for graduating with special recommendations.

Recently the natural resources department of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) was honored at the state house as a Champion of Toxics Use Reduction for our lead-free Vineyard fishing project, which encouraged fishermen to adopt non-lead tackle.