Vineyarders were taken back in time on Thursday, to the late 1800s and the end of Edgartown’s whaling industry, when town leaders were trying to come up with ideas to revive the moribund Edgartown waterfront.

Arielle Faria, a project manager at Island Housing Trust, said this week that she will run for the state representative seat currently held by state Rep. Dylan Fernandes, who will be running for state senate.

The Tisbury select board voted 2-1 this week to license Vineyard Sharks Taxi, the first new cab company in years.

There has been a great deal of misinformation that has appeared in the media and online concerning the lease for 20 Airport Road on which Animal Health Care (AHC) is currently located.

For those up early enough in the morning, take a look low in the eastern sky before dawn. The brilliant planet Venus appears close to the much more distant Saturn. The two are in the zodiacal constellation Aquarius. Venus is always the easiest planet to see. Fainter, Saturn takes a bit more effort. The two will be closest on the morning of Thursday, March 21, two days after the first day of spring.

Take your time and look to the right of Venus and you'll find the red planet Mars, also in Aquarius, but slightly higher in the East, thus easier to see.

Moon and Regulus

The creation of the Martha's Vineyard Commission harks back to meetings around kitchen tables in the late 1960s and early 1970s when the first comprehensive zoning maps were drafted for the Island.

In 1972, the Vineyard was largely undeveloped, a quiet place with a scattering of mostly modest summer homes. The natural landscape was unspoiled with broad, open vistas to the sea. There was no zoning except for small areas in the town centers.

The four-chair clinic, currently under construction, will be located at Mariners Landing in Edgartown, and is part of a larger expansion of the health care facility.

Susanne Schwarz and Syon Pandya Bhanot purchased 86 Washington avenue in Oak Bluffs from Felicia S. Webb for $850,000 on March 8.

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $37,461.32 for the business week ending on Friday, March 8, 2024.