Did you catch sight of the moon last night? The so-called "super moon" was the closest to Earth it will be all year, making it appear bigger and brighter. Last night's moon was 222,802 miles from Earth, about 15,300 miles closer than average. Unfortunately, cloud cover made it difficult to see from most locations on the Vineyard.

Sharky’s Cantina is celebrating all things Mexican with a Cinco de May celebration on Saturday night. Both the Edgartown and Oak Bluffs locations will offer free food from 6 to 9 p.m. At 9:30 p.m. Rick Bausman’s Beetlebung Steel Band hits the stage in Edgartown. A taco eating contest begins at 10:30 p.m.

After two years of planning and proposals, Tea Lane Farm has a new tenant farmer.

Krishana Collins was awarded the Tea Lane Farm lease Friday evening. The vote was 5-3.

The joint vote was taken between the board of selectmen and the town Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank Commission advisory board. The vote was between two candidates, Ms. Collins and Rusty Gordon and Sarah Crittenden, who proposed a vegetable farm.

Ms. Collins plans to grow lilies, zinnias, bok choy and salad greens.

Clear the roads! On Saturday, May 5 hundreds of bicyclists will take to the street for the annual Ride the Vineyard fundraiser, presented by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The bike race kicks off at 9 a.m. at Martha's Vineyard Regional High School. Participants will choose from 15, 30 and 60 mile routes that crisscross the Island. Funds raised benefit the fight against MS and the Martha's Vineyard Boys & Girls Club.

For more information, go to bikemam.nationalmssociety.org.

The fish are here — in force.

Striped bass, alewives (also known as herring), black sea bass and squid have arrived for an early start to the fishing season. Striped bass have been seen and caught in hot pursuit of herring swimming into local coastal ponds.

The state advisory commission that manages saltwater fisheries in our waters, under the Massachusetts State Division of Marine Fisheries, will hold a meeting Thursday, May 10, 11 a.m. at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in the Tisbury Town Hall. It is rare for the commission to meet here — they meet nine times a year and almost always on the mainland. The director of the division, Paul Diodati, will also attend along with the commissioners and division staff.

Waters are swirling with juvenile winter flounder within the Wampanoag Tribe’s hatchery in Aquinnah.

Tens of thousands of tiny little fish, only a few weeks old, are the result of months of work. John Armstrong, hatchery project manager, said the babies are eating well and getting bigger.

Cinco de Mayo Party

A new wash-ashore is headed to the Vineyard this weekend and its name is El Tiburon. No, this is not some Spanish speaking shark looking for a little leg. It’s a new brand of tequila.

Volunteer of the Year

James Harrison of Edgartown has been named Volunteer of the Year by the Elder Services of Cape Cod and the Islands.

Mr. Harrison, known as Jim, has run the Edgartown Meals on Wheels route since 1989. He is also a longtime deacon for the Federated Church in Edgartown, a member of the Airfield Commission for the Katama Air Park and the First and Third Club in Edgartown, and has served on the board of directors for the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital and Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard.

Edgartown businesses are hoping that a new event, the Pink & Green weekend, will usher in the summer season a few weeks early.

The weekend, which got its name from the pink cherry tree blossoms already blooming in Edgartown, is a celebration of spring and Mother’s Day, said Edgartown board of trade president Maggie White.