There is a new supernova in the night sky, too dim to see even with most astronomical telescopes. The nova was spotted back in May and it continues to gain the interest of astronomers. The nova is in Ursa Major, a constellation overhead, more familiarly known as the Big Dipper. The nova is in an area of the constellation, just above the Big Dipper's handle. Astronomers named it Supernova 2023ixf and it was discovered by a Japanese amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki on May 19.

Bridge players constantly re-evaluate their hands as the bidding progresses. Here’s a example, with South dealing and North-South vulnerable:

                    NORTH
                   ♠️ A J 9 4
                   ♥️ A Q 8 3
                  ♦️ A 8 3
                  ♣️ K 6

WEST                             EAST
♠️ 6                              ♠️ Q 8 5 2
♥️  K J 7                      ♥️  6 5
♦️ J 10 7                      ♦️ 9 5 4 2
♣️ Q 10 9 7 3 2            ♣️ J 8 4

This weekend, Allison Snyder’s play The Campaign that Failed: A Theatrical Reimagining of Mark Twain’s Short Story premieres at the Tisbury Amphitheater. Performances are June 23 and 24, beginning at 6 p.m.

Well, nothing warmed the cockles of my heart more than seeing the last school bus go by.

The New Orleans jazz funeral gets a celebration of its own with City of a Million Dreams: Parading for the Dead in New Orleans, playing June 23 at the Martha's Vineyard Film Center.

An entirely new energy industry in the U.S. took a step forward earlier this month when, just 14 miles south of the Vineyard, construction started on the country’s first commercial-scale offshore wind energy farm.

Updates to the state's Title 5 regulations that were originally proposed for the Cape, South Coast and the Islands will now only go into effect on Cape Cod, state officials said this week.

The strawberry festival at Morning Glory Farm last weekend was a rainy affair, but then again it often is.

At an August 16, 2022 meeting, the Steamship Authority’s five members by unanimous vote authorized general manager/chief executive officer Robert Davis to make an expenditure of $11,275,000 for the purchase of two used oilfield support ships.

Over a long life I have spent a lot of time — many happy hours — in Menemsha.