I am eight years old. My father, my brother Andrew and I board a large fishing boat in Menemsha. We have packed sandwiches and bananas for lunch.

West Tisbury school principal Michael Halt will leave the Vineyard at the end of the school year to take a job as a high school principal in California.

Mr. Halt, who has served as principal at the West Tisbury school since 2004, has accepted a job as principal of San Clemente High School in San Clemente, Calif., superintendent of schools James H. Weiss confirmed Thursday.

He said Mr. Halt planned to announce his departure to his staff at the end of the day Thursday.

Last fall a group of nine soldiers arrived in Menemsha to compete in the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby.

Melissa Dribben and John Stern purchased 2 Duck Pond Road for $435,000 on May 13.

The common room of the Chilmark School rustled with popcorn bags and whispers on Friday afternoon as the entire school, kindergarten through fifth grades, prepared to become the audience for their own animated films. The projector screen lit up and animated puppets hula-hooped, built forts, played four square, shared snacks and engaged in lively dialogue about conflict, compromise and cooperation.

In 2010 Jonathan Auerbach released a song called Brave Women, Brave Men. All the proceeds from the song went to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, a veterans’ organization that provides support to families of veterans who died in service to the U.S. and those who return home wounded. The fund is now in the midst of raising money to open satellite centers at military bases around the country where diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder will be determined. Mr. Auerbach is read to help again.

40 Sweet William Way LLC purchased 40 Sweet William Way for $1,600,000 on May 15.

The classroom is up the open staircase to the right in room 220 at the Edgartown School. Flags of world nations hang from the ceiling. There is a quote on the door that reads, “No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship.” This is the English Language Learning room, although it is not the only place in the school where English language learning takes place.

When you consider that Tom Dresser started his own newspaper in the fifth grade, it’s less of a stretch to imagine that he has written nearly a book a year since 2008. His latest, Women of Martha’s Vineyard, chronicles some of the most well-known and some lesser known women who share a connection to the Island. Some were born here and others didn’t wash ashore until they were middle-aged, but all called the Vineyard home.

Seastreak high-speed ferry service is now providing a daily motor coach connection service linking Boston with the Vineyard by partnering with Tremblay’s Bus and Motor Coach Company to take riders from South Station in Boston to the ferry terminal in New Bedford.

A round-trip ticket from Boston to the Vineyard, including bus service to and from Boston, costs $68 for adults and $40 for children aged two to 12. A daily and weekend schedule offers a choice of departure times and runs from May 24 to Oct. 14.