A spring explosion of color and flowers comes to Featherstone Center for the Arts during its fifth annual Garden Party and Fashion Show under the tent.

Nominations for the 2014 Creative Living Award are open. The award recognizes members of the Vineyard community who have contributed significantly to the quality of life on the Vineyard.

The school is embarking on an ambitious building project that includes construction of two new science classrooms to house modern equipment funded by $200,000 grant.

A free workshop with an overview of current Massachusetts laws governing landlord-tenant seasonal and year-round residential rentals is on Friday, May 16, at Edgartown town hall.

The Healthy Aging Task Force presents an update on its progress in addressing key issues for baby boomers at a community meeting on May 22.

Twelve years in the making, the complicated deal with the town, the land bank and the Howard B. Hillman family will create affordable housing, add conservation land and save a historic home in Chilmark.

The dads were both engineers and the moms were stay-at-homes with young ones. The more liberal of the two mothers was Ann Margetson, whose idea it was to share a summer vacation in Oak Bluffs.

The Oak Bluffs water district has been fluoridating the public water supply since April of 1992, and is the only town on the Island to do so. But the board of health is considering ending the practice as soon as this summer. A public hearing will be held next month to discuss the issue.

The Oak Bluffs School has announced its honor roll for the third quarter of the 2013-2014 academic year.

The Edgartown School has announced its honor roll for the third quarter of the 2013-2014 academic year.