A tall asphalt silo that has been a source of neighborhood controversy and pending litigation will be dismantled over the summer, according to the terms of an agreement signed off on during a hearing before the Oak Bluffs Zoning Board of Appeals on March 21.

The proposal was offered by White Brothers-Lynch Construction corporation, operators of the asphalt plant at the Goodale Construction Company sand and gravel pit in Oak Bluffs, and will reduce the size and profile of the silo in question.

Tonight’s gibbous moon appears high in the southeastern sky after sunset. The moon is on the western end of the zodiacal constellation Leo. For the next two nights the moon is near Regulus, the principal star in Leo.

The moon moves through Leo and into the zodiacal constellation Virgo mid-week. The moon is full in Virgo on Tuesday night. We call this full moon the Mud Moon. There is no need to explain too deeply why the name. This is the first full moon of spring and the ground under our feet is often wet.

Planets

100 Plum Bush Point Road in West Tisbury sold for $2,250,000 on March 14.

36 Black Brook Crossing in West Tisbury sold for $942,500 on March 14.

72 Vineyard Meadow Farms Road in West Tisbury sold for $489,200 on March 11.

114 Main Street in Vineyard Haven sold for $1,450,000 on March 14.

Elisha R. Smith of Vineyard Haven, a senior statesmen among Island farmers and former longtime president of the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society, died Friday, March 22, 2013 at his home surrounded by his family. He was 90 years old.

Often described as the last of the old-time Vineyard farmers, Mr. Smith began tending to Island fields and farm animals when he was just six years old.

38 Plain Field Way in Edgartown sold for $610,000 on March 15.

43 and 44 Twelfth street South in Edgartown sold for $136,675 on March 15.

18 Bold Meadow Lane in Edgartown sold for $510,000 on March 15.