Beside the winch shed, in front of the parking lot at Gannon and Benjamin Marine Railway in Vineyard Haven, the boatyard stores its blocking.

Before about 20 people at the Aquinnah town hall, incumbent Thomas Murphy and challenger Jannette Vanderhoop answered voter queries, weighed in on their experience and explained their vision for the town.

The brightest planet in our evening sky is about to disappear, or for many of us, it is already gone. The brilliant planet Jupiter is getting so close to the western horizon after sunset you may miss it. Jupiter was a sentinel in our evening sky for so many many months, going back to autumn.

Jupiter is about to be hidden by the glow of the sun and won't be visible again until summer, when it appears in the morning sky. Certainly the earliest you'll see Jupiter is at the end of May, at dawn, in the morning sky.

Bethany Hammond, assistant director of the Up-Island Council on Aging, will be taking over as new director of the organization next month.

Who gets to decide what’s best for the Vineyard? How does the Island prioritize demands on its limited resources? Who here has NIMBY cred?

As the spring season begins, I’d like to address the question no one has been asking and officially announce my retirement from youth sports coaching.

From the April 24, 1959 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:

recalling the gorgeous mornings / before the hordes / of May when grandson / and his always faithful bear / would climb into the stroller / and off we would go / down Circuit Avenue.

The following cases were heard in Edgartown District Court.

The Greenhouse of Martha’s Vineyard, formerly COMSOG, is a nonprofit community organization that aims to promote gardening.