Michael Beauboeuf, grandson of lifelong Chappy resident Jerry Jeffers, will attend Harvard University in the fall.

Michael is a member of the Wampanoag tribe of Aquinnah and a senior at the Mystic Valley Regional Charter High School in Malden.

West Tisbury student Molly Houghton knelt on the floor of the gymnasium of the Boys’ and Girls’ Club in Edgartown, head tilted to the side and nose less than an inch from the tiny solar-powered car in front of her.

There’s something romantic about hay bales dotting the rolling fields of the Vineyard at this time of year, those magical, large pillows that decorate the landscape. And then there’s the smell. Crisp, soft, sweet, it fills the senses (unless of course you are allergic).

It’s haying season again on Island farms.

Wearing a red T-shirt smeared with chunks of sandy clay, first-grader Elijah Dunn-Feiner stepped up on a stool mid-morning Saturday, the center of attention in a room full of clay-smeared adults, to lay the first handmade mud brick on the stick-and-stone skeleton of Flatbread Pizza Company’s new pizza oven in Edgartown.

By JIM HICKEY

A fast-moving, violent thunderstorm lashed the Island early Saturday morning, causing temporary flooding and traffic backups and setting off house and car alarms with deep thunder booms and bright lightning strikes, including one that hit the county communications center where the storm-related calls were pouring in.

A bolt of lightning is believed to have started a fire that destroyed a shed behind a home on the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road.

The Cape Cod and Islands Commission on the Status of Women will host a discussion on the topic Looking Forward: The Status of Cape Cod and Islands Women in the 21st Century on Wednesday, June 9, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Eastham Council on Aging facility on 1405 Nauset Road in Eastham. All are welcome.

Island Pools Awards

Edgartown pool builder Island Pools & Spas was awarded two first and one second place awards in a competition hosted by the Association of Pool and Spa Professionals, New England chapter.

Cleaning the Air With the Trees

Walk Eastville

Barrier beaches, strips of coastal dunes bordered by water, provide an opportunity to observe how plants and animals adapt to harsh conditions of wind, surf, and sand. To learn more about this environment, join Dick Johnson at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, June 15 for an exploration of Eastville Point Beach.

Eastville Beach is an apt place to examine attempts to balance recreational use with the habitat requirements of natural communities.

The Yard hosts a free, open performance from its choreographer in residence, Ana Isabel Keilson, on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at the barn theatre on Middle Road near Beetlebung Corner in Chilmark.