Politics is in the air this coming week, so buckle up. Voters get out there and make your voices heard.

At the upcoming town meeting on April 8 and the subsequent town election on April 10, West Tisbury voters will be asked to decide on a $1,653,835.64 general override ballot question.

Major construction at the Woods Hole terminal is due to wrap up for the summer before Memorial Day, but work will continue inside the ticket and waiting room building.

If we drink salt water we get thirstier. But not birds. Some birds — albatrosses, shearwaters, penguins, gulls and pelicans — can drink salt water!

Polly Hill planted one and so did Mermaid Farm’s Caitlin Jones.

I’ve said repeatedly that I wish I had a job as a weather forecaster. They get it right maybe half the time.

Like it or not, Chappaquiddick is part of Edgartown. Town meeting and town elections are coming up. If you don’t think that your participation matters, witness the chaos emanating from Washington, D.C. which proceeds with the narrowest of margins.

Jesse and Dennis Michael Jason, of Chilmark, announce the birth of a son, Quint Joseph Jason, born on March 24.

It seems like we should be so far removed from the nighttime glow of artificial light, but in reality it surrounds us.

April showers bring May flowers.