Freshman Erik Dolliver of Oak Bluffs, a graduate of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, recently concluded his first season with the Guilford College men’s lacrosse team.

Dolliver, a 6-0 attacker, played in 15 games for the Quakers this season. He scored seven points on six goals and one assist. Dolliver also picked up 10 ground balls and had one caused turnover. His best performance came at Randolph College, March 19 when he scored two goals and scooped up two ground balls.

This week marks the end of the regular sports season; although specific seedings have not yet been announced, several Vineyard teams end the spring with records strong enough to move them into the postseason.

This spring, the captains of the Chappaquiddick ferry have taken to calling the older of the two ferries the On Time II and a half.

Nesting season has begun for piping plovers, and Tashmoo Beach in Tisbury will be closed for the next month to protect a plover nest found Monday on the road leading to the public beach.

The town of Tisbury closed the end of Herring Creek Road and the beach on the recommendation of the Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, which monitors shorebirds across the Vineyard. Shorebird monitor Liz Baldwin found the small nest and alerted the Massachusetts Audubon Society sanctuary on Monday.

Sharky’s Cantina will enjoy a growing presence on Circuit avenue this summer after Oak Bluffs selectmen approved an indoor-outdoor 24-seat expansion for the popular year-round restaurant on Thursday. The expansion into a deck in a neighboring building is not contiguous with the restaurant and will require wait staff to cross an alley that also serves as an entrance to the Camp Ground.

As towns across the Vineyard begin to rethink their commitment to the Community Preservation Act, the tiny town of Gosnold, made up of the Elizabeth Islands chain, is jumping on board.

At Monday’s annual town meeting, voters approved the formation of a community preservation committee after the town voted to accept the Community Preservation Act on its November ballot.

A Dukes County superior court judge has ruled that the town of Oak Bluffs must pay back some $35,700 in attorney’s fees to the town fire investigator, who won a court-ordered reinstatement last year after he was ousted by the fire chief two years prior.

Goodale’s Pit, the longtime family-owned earth mining business in Oak Bluffs, does not need review by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission as a development of regional impact, a key commission subcommittee decided Monday.

The MVC land use planning committee voted 10-1 to recommend no review by the full commission, sending the matter back to the town.

Flight continues to attract enthusiasts of all ages. With advances in technology it is easier and cheaper than ever to build and fly a small model airplane. Recently, one Saturday morning a group of 20 gathered in the otherwise empty regional high school gymnasium. These members of the Martha’s Vineyard Model Flying Club flew their planes, some with wing spans of no more than 20 inches, in small circles in the large, high-ceilinged room against a backdrop of high school basketball banners hanging on the wall.

A long time ago, in another life, I recall how my stomach cringed when I heard a colleague saying, “Oh, I have all the Macs and the O’s. How is anyone supposed to teach them math?”