Special Education parents received official endorsement from the all-Island school committee at last Thursday's meeting, opening the door for the group to take a more active role in school matters.

Volunteer firefighters quickly quelled a brush fire off State Road in Chilmark Monday morning after a residential brush-burning project briefly went out of control. Police and EMS also responded.

Abraham Torres Rendon, 25, is facing charges of drunken driving, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, speeding and leaving the scene of property damage, among others, in connection with the incident that left the fish market in ruins.

Oyster growers and state officials meet this morning to discuss a state plan to control the bacteria Vp which plagued commercial growers in the region last year, including on the Vineyard. The public meeting is from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Katharine Cornell Theatre.

Police knew it was a drill. But when a 911 call reporting an active shooter inside the Edgartown School came in Saturday morning, the response was just like the real thing.

The town board of appeals will refer Susan Sanford’s application to open a registered medical marijuana dispensary at Vineyard Complementary Medicine to the MVC.

The MV Center for Living is hosting its first fundraiser of the year on Sunday, April 13 at 3:15 p.m. at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center in Vineyard Haven.

Ten people have been selected as Vineyard Vision Fellows this year, the largest class in the program’s history. They include a pair of documentary filmmakers and two high school students pursuing social work.

The week ahead is all about Mars. Mars is nearing opposition on April 8. It has been more than two years since the last opposition, and this time the planet is closer and bigger.

Mars has always been a mysterious planet. It is small. It is red. It has an atmosphere. Mars is a lot smaller than our Earth but considerably bigger than our Moon.

The only time astronomers and telescope owners get a good chance to visually look at Mars is around now, when its image is bigger and more clear.

With newfound financial stability as a backdrop, Oak Bluffs voters will be asked to shoulder some hefty spending items at their annual town meeting this year. And the town operating budget needs an override.