The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $133,340.40 for the business week ending on Friday, March 20, 2015.

Elizabeth and Christopher McMahon of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Porter Joseph McMahon, born on March 23 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

Dorothy West (June 2, 1907 - August 16, 1998) who wrote this column from 1967 to 1993 was born in the year Oak Bluffs seceded from Edgartown.

Well, spring has sprung but with a light dusting of snow over the weekend just to remind us that winter is really not over yet. Most of the snow has melted except for the massive snowbanks along some of the roads. A few more weeks and it will all disappear.

Basil Welch photographed nearly everything there was to see on the Island: boats, buildings, people, animal tracks, trees.

Chilmark continues to thaw although the temperatures are a challenge to the sunshine that is trying to do its job. We still have a wintery aspect, but our snow cover is beginning to be a memory.

For those who can’t fathom a winter on Chappy, especially this winter, I say “you get used to it.” If this were a day in late September, temps hovering around freezing, I’d be bundled in layers of sweaters.

After a brief period of uncertainty, Flatbread will again open for the upcoming season, though the restaurant is still on the market.

As I write this it is supposed to be in the 50s but we all know living in Edgartown, cold water and warm air creates fog, but the positive side of that is that it also helps melt the snow faster.

I was going to play some April Fool’s jokes on you in advance but, alas, I have been bested by the internet and Mother Nature.