Efforts to start a new, permanent home for the Island Food Pantry got a major boost this week when the Martha’s Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation announced it was giving Island Grown Initiative $1 million for the project.

Nancy Luce, the eccentric, tormented, chicken-loving Victorian West Tisbury folk poet, has had a curious afterlife on Martha’s Vineyard.

The 78th annual Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby draws to a close with the final bell ringing on Saturday evening. The awards presentation takes place Sunday at Farm Neck Golf Club, beginning at 11 a.m.

Atwood Company, a regional developer founded by private equity investor William Cumming, is putting together an application to build 64 apartments on three acres on Upper Main street, where Donaroma’s Nursery, Landscaping and Floral Design currently operates.

Films abound this weekend with both the The Martha’s Vineyard Film Society and Circuit Arts hosting mini festivals.

The 33rd annual Martha’s Vineyard CROP Hunger Walk takes place Sunday, Oct. 15. Walkers will gather at 1:30 p.m. at St. Augustine’s Church in Vineyard Haven.

The adoption news of the week is that Jasmine, the long-haired, gray/dilute calico cat, has an adoption pending. Fingers crossed for a happy life.

The land nonprofit has been the subject of considerable controversy recently as abutters, recreational beachgoers, and conservation officials dispute the Trustees’ management approach.

Our Jewish community is grieving. Almost all of us have family, friends and colleagues who are living in Israel.