On Wednesday Sam Feldman pulled up a picture of a bathing beauty on his iPad. It was his wife, Gretchen, when she was only 20, the year he met her.

“So, that’s why I was sad and lonely,” he said lingering over the picture before putting it away. “Is that a good enough reason?”

Mrs. Feldman died in 2008, leaving Mr. Feldman adrift and alone for the first time in decades.

Chilmark selectmen will ask the U.S. Coast Guard to reconsider its denial of town insurance claims from the Menemsha boathouse fire. On advice of their town counsel, the selectmen decided not to pursue an appeal through the U.S. District Court, at least for now.

A foreclosure auction scheduled for developer Corey Kupersmith’s property in the Southern Woodlands in Oak Bluffs has been postponed. Originally set for Thursday morning, the auction is now scheduled for July 26 at 11 a.m. according to the Web site for JJ Manning Auctioneers.

Please Adopt Us

The sweet little pug named Rascal is back with us at the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard. He was adopted right away but came back because the other dog in the house decided that Rascal had visited long enough. We think Rascal would do better being the only dog — he gets along beautifully with cats and has made friends with Lily and Cyrus and Ceilia who have the freedom to roam the shelter and greet everyone who comes through the door. Won’t you please come and take Rascal for a walk? You will fall in love with him.

Good Enough to Eat

Edible Vineyard magazine received special recognition from Gov. Deval Patrick on April 3 at Ag Day, an annual event at the State House in Boston that promotes agriculture in Massachusetts. Edible Vineyard’s owner and publisher Sam Berlow attended the event. The five Edible publications in Massachusetts were recognized for their contributions to promoting local food and agriculture.

The Tisbury Volunteer Ambulance Association is strapping on its finery and taking to the catwalk for the first-ever Respond in Style Charity Fashion Show on Saturday, April 28 at the Harborview Hotel in Edgartown. The show, produced in honor of the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women Heart Attack and Stroke Awareness campaign, will take place from 7 to 10 p.m.

Today is the deadline for Island students, grades one through eight, to enter the Mom of the Year essay writing contest. The contest, in conjunction with the Edgartown Board of Trade and Pink and Green Weekend, will award three winning prizes—one each in grades one to three, four to six and seven to eight. The winning essays will be recognized and read at the Harbor View Hotel’s Mother’s Day brunch on Sunday, May 13, at 11 a.m.

It looks like the Vineyard will remain a two-bookstore Island.

David LeBreton, the owner of Edgartown Books, said this week that he has a potential buyer for his bookstore, with the interested party planning to keep the bookstore operation in place.

The new owner would take ownership of the Main street building and the book business, which Mr. LeBreton has operated with his wife, Ann, for the last decade.

West Tisbury selectmen voted Wednesday to approve regulations for the sale of beer and wine.

The move comes less than one week after voters at the annual town election overwhelmingly approved permitting the sale of beer and wine at restaurants with more than 50 seats and issuing one-day beer and wine licenses for special events.

The Martha’s Vineyard Donors Collaborative will host a three-class grant writing and research workshop at the Oak Bluffs Library’s Martha’s Vineyard Nonprofit Resource Center on April 23 and 24. The workshop includes hands-on training on the Foundation Center’s online directory of over 100,000 funders, which is available free of charge at the Resource Center.