On Sunday, Oct. 15 an Open Mic Funraiser will be held at the Tashmoo Spring building at the Tisbury Waterworks in Vineyard Haven.

Circuit Arts has announced the premiere of Granger Things, an immersive theatre and dance show to be performed at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury.

The West Tisbury and Tisbury fire departments have signed an agreement to share costs for a potential new fire hydrant on Lambert’s Cove Road.

Fourteen newly minted United States citizens were sworn in at the Edgartown Courthouse on Friday, in the first group citizen naturalization ceremony in the building’s 150-year history.

Gov. Maura Healey announced last week that the state has entered into an agreement with Connecticut and Rhode Island to start a coordinated effort to procure offshore wind energy.

Island Grown Initiative seeks to move its food pantry to Dukes County avenue in Oak Bluffs, while in Vineyard Haven, landowner Michael Sawyer is applying to replace a demolished building on Lagoon Pond Road with two four-story apartments.

You've got to get up early in the morning to see a thin crescent moon shining near the brilliant planet Venus. The two are together on Tuesday morning. Take another look for a third bright celestial object, the bright star Regulus. All three are in the zodiacal constellation Leo.

The moon gets closer to the morning eastern horizon for the next two days. The moon disappears and then crosses in front of the sun for an annular eclipse on Saturday, October 14.

Health officials on the Island are conducting contact tracing this week after a reported case of chickenpox at the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School.

For 40 years, the Martha’s Vineyard Community Foundation has presented the Creative Living Award to an Islander whos fosters community growth and togetherness. On Thursday the recipient was Juli Vanderhoop.

Illustrations by Chris Burrell.