The West Tisbury historic district commission agreed this week that it will not allow the demolition of the Old Parsonage house in West Tisbury.

Owners Tara and Daniel Whiting have made a preliminary request to tear down the house which dates to the 1600s and overlooks Parsonage Pond on State Road.

In a meeting on Monday members of the commission urged Ms. Whiting to withdraw her application for a certificate of hardship, intended to buttress the need to raze the house.

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank Commission is standing firm on a decision not to contribute to a town purchase of the mini-park in downtown Edgartown. And the Edgartown selectmen are not happy about it.

Vineyarders are set to stake their claim for a site for future wind energy generation, as the bidding process begins for wind power leases across a vast swath of federal waters south of the Island.

At a meeting last night of Vineyard Power, the cooperative set up with the aim of securing stable, renewable electricity for the Island, members were briefed on the attributes of various potential sites. They now will have about a week to vote on their preferred site.

The last day to reserve daffodils from the American Cancer Society Daffodil Days program is Friday, Feb. 25.

For a $10 gift, donors receive a bouquet of 10 fresh daffodil blossoms. Daffodils will be delivered across Martha’s Vineyard on Tuesday, March 15.

Dorothy Bangs, the longtime Daffodil Days volunteer coordinator on the Vineyard, said “Winning the fight against cancer starts right here in our community.”

In an incident that has reverberated among fishermen up the East Coast, more than 10 tons of illegally caught striped bass were confiscated by environmental police in Maryland over the last two weeks.

It looks like the way the world should look all the time: It’s noontime on a shivery cold Thursday in February, but inside the community center of Woodside Village in Oak Bluffs, the immense room is awash in light. A tall Christmas tree still holds its full regalia of ornaments, and at the piano accomplished musician Michael Haydn plays a robust Mozart sonata.

Mom, Meet Dad Again

Just in time for Valentine’s Day weekend, the Martha’s Vineyard Ecumenical Youth Group is hosting a parents’ night out.

The particulars are basic. Tonight, Feb. 11, starting at 6:30 p.m. drop off your kids, ages three and up, at the Federated Church at 45 South Summer street in Edgartown. Come back to pick them up at 10 p.m.

Drugs and the Teen Brain

The Youth Task Force will feature Janina Kean, president and chief executive of High Watch Recovery Center in Kent, Conn., as well as a board member of Vineyard House, as their guest speaker on Wednesday, Feb. 16.

Ms. Kean’s talk is entitled Their Brain Never Had a Chance, Use, Abuse and Addiction In Adolescence.

Cinderella in Song

There are no sets, costumes or acting and it’s not a play. It is a musical story but director Garrett Brown admits that The True Story of Cinderella is hard to describe. “It’s a very serious voice recital ... completely deadpan but very funny.”

Mr. Brown will be at the piano at the Old Whaling Church while his cast of 13 sit and perform their characters, in all different styles of music, for Island Theatre Workshop’s Cinderella performances on Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 p.m.

Short, Stunning Celluloid

Short on length but long on talent, the Oscar-nominated short films are usually gems of wonder. Trouble is, no one gets to see them. They don’t play in movie houses and the actual Oscar presentation for these films usually gets cut out of the Oscar telecast.

Talk about getting no respect.