Following an outpouring of criticism, selectmen announced Tuesday that the dredge spoils deposited at Inkwell this spring will come off before summer. A small group of protesters had picketed at the site one day earlier.

Effective June 1, boaters in Vineyard Haven waterways will be restricted to three days on an anchor. The Tisbury selectmen unanimously voted to approve an amendment to the town anchoring regulations after a public hearing Tuesday.

Casey Blum, 24, is about to embark on her first season as captain of Alabama. She’s the first woman to captain the 90-foot schooner, and the youngest captain to sail Alabama since the ship began its second life on the Vineyard.

A special thanks to the AmeriCorps volunteers who visited the shelter on Saturday, cleaning, weeding, mowing and getting us ready for the upcoming season. Thank you!

Vineyard radio station WMVY is back on the airwaves, about 15 months after losing its radio signal and changing to an online-only format.

The popular independent radio station began broadcasting on 88.7 at about 4 p.m. Wednesday.

There’s no such thing as the talk anymore. And the awkward puberty book — that’s gone too. A new sex education pilot program at the West Tisbury School emphasizes normalizing the conversation about sexual health.

Two Martha’s Vineyard Youth Lacrosse players have been selected for the Mass Bay Colonials Lacrosse team, and they will compete at the World Lacrosse Championships this summer.

Early last week the members of five bird-a-thon teams and feeder watchers watched in horror at the weather predictions. “We better not have rain Friday and Saturday — it will kill the birding!” was the cry.

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Monday is Memorial Day and there will be a parade and traditional observances. There will be a road race in Oak Bluffs on Sunday and the annual Tisbury town picnic on Monday. Ginger Duarte reports that the supportive day program benefit bike ride scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled.

If the swans choose to stay in the Mill Pond it will surely feel like summer is just around the corner even if the weather has not fully cooperated.