The last several days have made me regret donning long underwear.

You know what to do when life gives you lemons, but what do you do when the garden gives you pests?

A wood-shingled new fire station has emerged across from Beetlebung Corner, and behind it, down a winding path, is another addition: the new Tri-Town Ambulance building.

When we see common goldeneye they are normally on our salt ponds or in the Sound, where they mostly spend the winter.

Our roads and sidewalks are being redone in town.

There have been a few flip-flop days.

The osprey are back, along with the pinkletinks, daffodils and herring.

The next Chappy Community Center potluck is on Wednesday, April 19 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Residents of Oak Bluffs swiftly worked their way through their annual and special town meetings Tuesday at the regional high school’s performing arts center, approving all articles with little deliberation in under two hours.

Meeting in the newly-restored halls of the Old Whaling Church, voters drilled through a 79-article annual town meeting warrant, with only one article not passing.