Sassafrass Earth Education is offering a special workshop for teens and adults on Saturday, March 15, from 1 to 4 p.m.

Horseshoe Crabs: A Story of Beach Trysts and Blue Bloods comes to Island libraries.

Island Housing Trust, a nonprofit organization that develops sustainable affordable housing projects on the Island, was one of 38 community organizations awarded Community Investment Tax Credits totalling $3 million. The tax credits will be distributed by the Island Housing Trust to investors in exchange for donations.

The Polly Hill Arboretum abounds with mature overgrown hollies this time of year. Learn how to tame these beasts on Saturday, March 15.

About 600 people attended opening weekend of Vineyard Haven's newest restaurant Copper Wok. Patrons paid a donation to be the first to sample the cuisine, and owner J.B. Blau raised $8,300 for the Boys and Girls club.

An oven building team for the Flatbread Company put finishing touches on a new clay dome inside the Edgartown restaurant. The eatery specializing in all natural wood-fired clay oven pizza is set to open for the 2014 season May 15.

Anita Botti of West Tisbury was honored last month by the Washington, D.C., chapter of the National Organization of Italian American Women as one of that organization’s three Women of the Year. Ms. Botti recently retired from being chief of staff and principal deputy in former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s Office of Global Women’s Issues. During those four years, she worked with Secretary Clinton promoting the rights of women globally and recently completed the transition work for the Women’s Issues office for Secretary of State John Kerry. This is Ms.

On Thursday night the Massachusetts marine fisheries advisory commission set the new commercial striped bass season to open on June 23 this year. Commissioners dropped the daily bag limit from 30 fish to 15 fish per fisherman. Rod and reel fishing permits are limited to two fish per day.

First Quarter Moon

Tonight’s first quarter moon appears in the zodiacal constellation Taurus. The moon appears high near our zenith after sunset. The moon is near the star clusters Pleaides and the Hyades. The Hyades is an assembly of many stars that looks like a large V. The brightest star in the constellation and imbedded in the Hyades is the orange star Aldebaran.

Architect Reid (Sam) Dunn’s Cottage City Bowling now goes to the town for approvals at the local level. Mr. Dunn agreed to keep sound levels at 62 decibels. The commission said the matter of a full-service bar versus beer and wine will be up to the town selectmen to decide.