Derek Davies and Lizzie Plapinger always dreamed of hosting a music festival on Martha’s Vineyard. As best friends spending summers at the Chilmark Community Center, they shared a love of music and the Island. As they grew up, they never lost sight of their passions or their goal.

James P. Kelso and Mercedes A. Kelso purchased 93 Hvoslef Way in Vineyard Haven for $669,000 on June 27.

A superior court case revolving around an old Linden tree on Main street Edgartown was dismissed Tuesday. But after the dust had settled, both sides in the case agreed to go to work on the issue that reaches beyond a legal dispute over tree roots — the need to restore the decrepit building known as the Yellow House which sits in the center of the village.

Jamie Norton is looking forward to having his house back next winter. For years now his roommates — starter trays of peppers, eggplants, melons, cucumbers, gilo and other vegetables — have taken over his home each winter and spring, covering nearly all available space.

Cormorants are often considered the avian rats of the coastal streams and ponds. They can be seen lining the jetties and drying their wings in wait before going heading out into the waters to compete with local fishermen.

Mrs. Louisa Gould and Mr. James Beecher Lamont of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, James Maxwell Gould-Lamont, on June 8 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. James Maxwell weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces and was 19 inches long.

The 11th annual Vineyard Streetball Classic, a 3-on-3 basketball tournament, is Wednesday, July 3 at Niantic Park in Oak Bluffs. Opening rounds begin at 10 a.m. Participants can register at the Niantic courts tonight from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and at same-day registration beginning at 8 a.m. tomorrow in the tent next to the courts. The tournament highlights students ages 9 to 18 years old. Each team of three to five players battles through a series of double-elimination rounds with the top teams in each division receiving trophies at the end of the day. Call 508-687-0418 for more information.

The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) has appealed a decision that blocks its right to intervene in a federal lawsuit concerning the state’s casino law.

In the original lawsuit, private developer K.G. Urban Enterprises argues that a provision in the 2011 gaming act is unconstitutional.

Chris Kennedy, Martha’s Vineyard superintendent for The Trustees of Reservations, has spent the past 25 years touring Trustees properties on the Island. He’s seen Wasque, Mytoi, Norton Point and Long Point in all seasons and all types of weather, watching the landscapes shift and transform over time.

A large house on Chappaquiddick inched slowly toward its destination this week across a deep, sandy trench at Wasque point, as early summer fog blew in and out and the ocean continued to eat away at a rapidly eroding bluff nearby.

Work progressed to relocate the 8,300-square-foot home owned by Richard and Jennifer Schifter.