A regional effort to protect the Vineyard’s coastal estuaries and drinking water is set to come before voters this spring as Island boards of health chart regulations to curb fertilizer use.

The proposed regulations are now under review as an Islandwide district of critical planning concern, a special overlay planning process allowed through the Martha’s Vineyard Commission.

In November of 2013 new media artist Graham Smith began an experiment. He created art using custom software, the internet, local webcams and his smartphone.

Beginning March 1, Vineyard Transit Authority route 1 buses traveling in Edgartown will stop only at designated bus stops. Riders on that route will no longer be encouraged to flag down the bus between stops.

Youth hockey kids play with the same squads for their entire career, making for a tight-knit group of athletes — and behind every Island hockey team is a group of hockey parents.

Regional high school could save as much as $2.8 million on utility bills over the next 25 years using power produced by four turbines built on a 380-acre cranberry farm near the Bourne Bridge.

The Edgartown selectmen have approved a license for a new seasonal liquor store in Edgartown. The new store will take the place of Town Provisions on Mayhew Lane.

The Edgartown and Oak Bluffs police departments invite the Vineyard community to participate in an upcoming Citizens Police Academy.

With spring comes extra hours of daylight — and more library time. Starting March 1, the Edgartown Public Library will be open for 11 extra hours of service.

At the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard we are contemplating changing the name of one of the cats to Polar Vortex, P.V. for short. No white cats are in residence at the moment, but we do have a lovely, large gray one who could be a candidate.

Salute the 86th Academy Awards with the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society on March 2. The society’s event titled The Red Carpet Affair: Oscars Viewing Party begins at 7 p.m. at the film center in Vineyard Haven.