The ongoing affordable housing crisis and long-term town planning were central themes in Tisbury Tuesday night as candidates introduced themselves to voters. The election is April 28. There are contested races for selectman and planning board.

Edgartown selectmen voted Monday to withdraw an article from the upcoming annual town meeting warrant that would regulate the use of firearms, after hearing concerns from local hunters.

It’s shear joy as the Farm Institute brings together all things wool at Sheepapalooza on Saturday.

Thimble Farm invites mushroom lovers to come learn how to supply your family and friends with bushels of them each season.

Bradley Memorial Church, one of the first African American churches on the Island, is the subject of a new exhibit at the Martha's Vineyard Museum.

The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School Minnesingers travel to Europe on April 14 for a Spain concert tour.

The Vineyard Conservation Society’s Earth Day Beach Clean-up takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 11.

Selected Island artists will exhibit at the Feldman Family Artspace of the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center beginning April 13.

The Bunch of Grapes Bookstore hosts its third annual school book fair, helping out Island schools with purchases all week long beginning Friday, April 10.

Emilee Katherine Whorton, daughter of Everett Lee Whorton Jr. of Edgartown and Katherine Anne Wolfe of East Bridgewater, was married on April 2 to Michael Peter Valenti.