Planets Jupiter and Mercury

Two evening planets are visible in the southwestern sky this coming week. We've been watching Jupiter through the winter and now in the early evening, the planet is low in the southwestern sky.
Look underneath Jupiter and to your right for the planet Mercury. Mercury is now visible only for a short time after sunset amid the light of twilight. Mercury is not as bright as Jupiter, but you use Jupiter to find it.
Don't wait too late in the evening. Mercury sets pretty quickly. A pair of binoculars will help immensely.

Springtime

Spring of 2024 / Dressed up for Easter / With nature’s rebirth / A calm before the storm / In an election year / Like none other.

The Big Freeze

From the March 27, 1964 edition of the Vineyard Gazette by Joseph Chase Allen

Dear Oak Bluffs Residents

On April 9, I understand residents of Oak Bluffs will have their annual town meeting and this year it will include voting on what is affectionately known as the town-wide LIMOD zoning overlay.

No to LIMOD

I believe that the Oak Bluffs planning board recommendations for rezoning five areas of the town are not getting enough notice by the public.

Save Croquet

The Edgartown Croquet Club has been on the Island in one form or another since 1981, a continuation of many earlier clubs on Martha’s Vineyard.

Stay Neighborly

The Tisbury planning board is inviting public comment on the nature/nurture of our neighborhoods on Tuesday, April 2 at 5 p.m. over Zoom.

Town Meeting Needs You

Many Oak Bluffs residents are unaware of a critically important vote coming up at town meeting on April 9.

Circus Ban

Please, support the Massachusetts bills H. 3245, S. 2197 and S. 2189 that will ban traveling circuses with elephants, primates, big cats and giraffes from coming into the state. Please, contact your representatives and ask them to support these bills.

The life of a circus animal is horrific, traveling from town to town in trailers in extreme heat, in small spaces where they can’t move, chained 23 hours a day, and then brought into a tent with bright lights and screaming crowds. The threat of being hit with a bullhook or whip is constant.

Confused in Chilmark

The million dollar question in the recent vote for the new Chilmark School principal position is why not choose the exceptionally qualified, thoughtful, bright Island candidate with guaranteed housing and personal historical knowledge of the place and its culture?

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