The Rev. Vincent G. (Father Chip) Seadale, pastor of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Edgartown, is retiring to Florida next week after more than a decade and a half of Island ministry.

Town officials said the Federal Emergency Management Agency grant, awarded to the town in 2022, may be rescinded, similar to the $90 million in federal grants the Trump Administration cancelled in Massachusetts communities earlier this month.

Next Level Chef contestant Ryan Scanlon made his homecoming on Thursday at Alchemy in Edgartown, where he first discovered his passion for cooking as a teenager. 

Forever, an eight-episode series based on Judy Blume’s novel of the same title, is being released May 8. The last episode of the series was filmed on the Vineyard last spring. 

Captain Bob Douglas, sailor, teacher, and founder of the Black Dog Tavern and apparel company, has passed away. His impact on the Island will be felt for generations to come. And there’s an explosion of daffodils on the Island.

Voters will decide whether to give the town administrator more power over municipal hiring, finance and information technology at the annual town meeting Tuesday.

Chilmark voters will decide on nearly $750,000 in school overrides, new restrictions on leaf blowers and a raft of changes to town zoning bylaws at the annual town meeting next week.

The southern pine beetle has devastated parts of some of the Island's forests. Conservation groups are in the early stages of fighting back.

The extreme clipper schooner, Shenandoah, Capt. Robert S. Douglas, master, arrived at her home port, Vineyard Haven, during the weekend.

At Lambert’s Cove Inn & Resort, the welcome party includes two friendly border collies.