Two Vineyarders, Chris Fischer and Michael Van Valkenburgh will be sharing the stage Tuesday at the 92Y in New York city.

Amelia M. and Alexandre T. Simas of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Agatha Morais Simas, born on May 27 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

Just before noon on Thursday, the Gay Head Light departed the spot where it has stood for 159 years. The Island’s oldest lighthouse is now slowly headed for its new home about 175 feet from the eroding clay cliffs.

Over the past seven months, voters in four Island towns have approved funding for a major expansion of the Martha’s Vineyard Refuse District transfer station. The $2.5 million project is expected to triple the Edgartown station’s vehicle capacity and allow for future expansion.

Neighbors who last year opposed the development of the bowling alley in Oak Bluffs are now complaining about the noise. Barn, Bowl and Bistro, a new bowling alley and pub on Uncas avenue, opened earlier this month, and neighbors told selectmen this week they can hear the bowling balls rolling down the lanes from their homes.

Memorial Day weekend never really ends — the power, the patriotism, the prayers for our service people through all our wars and conflicts. Because his birthday is this week, and because he is a stellar guy from an amazing family, I would like you all to acknowledge Billy Kingsbury who served as an Army Ranger, a Green Beret, in the Viet Nam conflict. Billy returned at a time when many of us didn’t have the grace or knowledge to accept that Billy wasn’t part of the problem, he was trying to serve as part of the solution. A shout out to the wonderful Kingsbury family.

From 1870 to 1872, the genius architect Samuel Freeman Pratt (1824 — 1920) designed several structures in Oak Bluffs including Union Chapel that still stands proudly.

What a weekend we had. Beautiful sun, the wind was a little too much, but everyone seemed to be happy and there were a lot of people here.

I was all set to complain about the weather this week—extremely dry with my least favorite—ill winds!

You can see wintercress, known also as yellow rocket, rocket cress and wound rocket, flowering now.