Frances Pizzella of Tisbury is pleased to announce the engagement of her daughter, Bri Buchanan, to Ethan Valenti, son of Peter and Patricia Valenti of Edgartown.

A detailed plan for moving the Gay Head Light has been approved by town boards, and other elements of the project are quickly taking shape. If all goes well, work will begin as soon as the ground thaws and the move will be completed by Memorial Day.

Collette K. Jordan of Edgartown was named to the fall 2014 dean’s list at University of New England.

Joshua Greenfield of Edgartown graduated from Ithaca College’s School of Humanities and Sciences with a bachelor’s degree in sociology in December 2014.

Caitlin and Peter Rosbeck 2nd of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a daughter, Olive Grace Rosbeck, born on Feb. 5 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

Property tax bills are going up in West Tisbury and so is spending this year, with the town preparing to ask voters to exceed the state tax cap. A proposed town budget is up almost seven per cent, with school spending a major reason.

Mary MacDonald has a short commute to her after-school gig. On days when there is a home basketball game at the regional high school, she walks from the guidance office down to the gym. She sits at a folding table off center court, ready to the call game.

Vineyard Electronics, the only licensed RadioShack dealer on the Island, is bracing for change in light of the announcement Thursday that the national company had filed for bankruptcy.

After a state application to renovate the aging school fell through, members of the town and school community hope to kick start a new effort. The school did not make it onto the funding list for the Massachusetts School Building Authority.

If you’ve been collecting fines on your library card, now might be the time to pay up. Library patrons can pay their late fees with cans of food this month at four Vineyard libraries, in what’s become a regular drive for the Island Food Pantry.