The Oak Bluffs select board rejected the Healey Square restaurant’s plans to expand its outdoor seating this week, capping debate that has been going on since April. 

A legal tug-of-war over Edgartown’s new rules for the Chappaquiddick oversand vehicle trails has broken out, with the nonprofit that manages the coastline and a citizen’s group both filing appeals with the state this week. 

All our visible planets are in the morning sky and it is an impressive arrangement. A thin crescent moon appears right next to the red planet Mars on Sunday morning. The two are only a few degrees apart. It is possible you will see the bright planet Jupiter rising in the east at twilight. Jupiter will be more readily visible in the weeks and thus months ahead. But even better, note that the planet Saturn is a good deal to the right of Mars and to the south. Saturn is in proximity to the zodiacal constellation Aquarius.

Do gardeners care if the colors match when planting their flower beds?

When Brooks was in elementary school, it was a challenge to find books he enjoyed reading.

The running of the sixth annual Chappy foot race will be on Sunday June 30.

Caitlin and John Riordan, of Oak Bluffs, announce the birth of a daughter, Quinn Mary Riordan, born on May 28 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

Nicholas Paul purchased 81 Oyster Pond Road in Edgartown from William Newman Trust and Jane Newman Nominee Trust for $5,228,210 on May 23.

Good news! Guinea pigs Rocco and Meadow were adopted together. Here’s to lots of fun times for all.

I’m a relatively light sleeper, so Monday night’s thunderstorm was, as they say, a rude awakening. The news covered much more serious damage from the fast-moving storm.