Oak Bluffs voters will weigh in at town meeting next week on money for upgrades to the wastewater pump station, updating the town’s watercraft restrictions and a new drone to aid in emergency situations.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recently chose not to renew a contract with Martha’s Vineyard Community Services for veterans counseling. But newly-appointed community services chief executive officer Dean Teague said on Thursday that the program will continue.

General overrides, school repairs and new bylaw language will all be decided at the West Tisbury annual town meeting next week.

Town meeting takes place Tuesday, April 8 at the West Tisbury School, beginning at 6 p.m. There will also be a special town meeting at 5:55 p.m. to vote on classifying West Tisbury as a seasonal community designation.

Childcare will be available at the school from 5:45 to 9 p.m. To register, email wt_mail@clamsnet.org or call 508-693-3366.

The quorum is set at 137 people. Caroline Flanders steps into the role of moderator this year.

In Edgartown, two candidates are running for one position on the planning board, and three candidates are running for one position on the select board.

The first of the town meetings are this week, we’ll have a preview of some of the issues including proposed restrictions on jet skis and leaf blowers. And Allen Farm has its first lamb of the season. We’ll celebrate by hearing some sounds of sprin

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $144,200 for the business week ending on Friday, March 28, 2025.

Richard Michelson’s latest children’s book, Next Year in the White House: Barack Obama’s First Presidential Seder, tells the story of how Passover became an annual celebration at the White House during President Obama’s administration.

Michael Seiman and Destiny Seaman purchased 18 Bold Meadow Road in Edgartown from James G. Gorman Trust and 18 Bold Meadow Road for $4,300,000 on March 24.

Tomorrow Saturday night, the gibbous moon appears in close proximity to the the bright red planet Mars. The two are in the zodiacal constellation Gemini. Mars has lost a lot of its brilliance from just a few months ago. Mars is getting farther away from us, over 100,000 miles away now and that distance is growing, thus it is getting dimmer.

Mars and the Moon are a nice looking assembly. You'll have no trouble noticing Mars with its reddish glow. Not far away are the two brightest stars in Gemini, Pollux and Castor. Pollux is the closest to the moon and the brighter of the two.

Two students at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School won national gold medals at the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.