The fate of the regional high school budget and an open seat on the Tisbury select board will be decided today as voters in Aquinnah head to their annual town meeting and Tisbury holds its annual town election.

The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School Minnesingers are taking more than a few extra steps to reward audiences at their spring concerts on May 12 and May 13.

The fair, hosted by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission’s climate action committee, had the theme “Reduce, Reuse, Renew” and showcased dozens of Island organizations committed to boosting the Vineyard’s climate resiliency.

Earlier last month, Chris Aring-Sharkovitz's family created a GoFundMe campaign to help with medical expenses for a heart and liver transplant. Currently, over $71,000 in donations have been raised towards the $100,000 goal.

In an effort to protect one of the last large classes of fish now reaching breeding age, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission dropped the recreational maximum keeper size limit for a striped bass from 35 inches to 31.

The Vineyard Gazette was honored with 32 awards at the New England Better Newspaper Competition held in Waltham over the weekend, including 10 first place prizes.

The two evening planets, Mars and Venus are in the western sky. The two are appearing closer and closer. Venus is the brighter of the two and commands the most attention. Venus looks like an airplane with running lights on, ready for landing.

The red planet Mars is dull and distant. Mars has lost so much of its brilliance from a few months ago it now looks like a regular star. You've got to work a little bit to pick it out amid the stars in the constellation Gemini. Venus and Mars will come close together in June, so we've all got time to watch their movement.

A conference about tick-borne diseases on the Island will take place on June 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven.

Led by Thomas Bena, founder and former director of the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival, and advisor Jake Davis, Stillpoint Meadows aims to be a gathering place for classes, talks and other events.

Juliana Dostal and Ralph (Skip) Dostal, of Vineyard Haven, announce the birth of a son, Samuel Eli, born on April 28.