Here’s a challenging bidding term you may not have heard before.

John Carbon, 18, pleaded not guilty to charges in Edgartown District Court Monday after he allegedly crashed a car into a utility pole, knocking out power to about 200 people.

Island audiences are welcoming Billy Baloo back to the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, where the Island-grown musical made its debut to sold-out houses last October.

Oak Bluffs artist Andrew Moore didn’t believe it when he was asked to send art to an exhibit in Gov. Maura Healey’s office.

MassHealth started covering doula services this spring, allowing more Vineyarders to have emotional, physical and informational support throughout their pregnancies.

Born and raised on the Vineyard, Nick Kent has trotted the globe to play hockey and now works for the Tampa Bay Lightning. But he still comes back every summer to teach the games he loves to Island kids.

Brian Morris, a trained recovery coach and the former access coordinator at Island Health Care, will lead the Island's homelessness prevention nonprofit.

Arielle Faria and Thomas Moakley talked about their top issues, the Steamship Authority and the dysfunctional state legislature at a voter forum this week.

The best evidence of seasonal change isn't only in the weather and occasional drop with the temperature, it is in the night sky. Go outside late and you are under a canopy of autumn. Late Monday night step out and look for the moon. The Last Quarter moon is in the zodiiacal constellation Taurus, the Bull, a constellation we associate with fall and winter. The moon is right next to the large star cluster Pleiades. Now that is a sign of autumn in the air.

The Martha’s Vineyard Museum Board has voted David Grain as its new Board Chair and Nancy Robinson Breuer as Vice Chair.