My neighbor up Lambert’s Cove Road texted me the other afternoon: “I need your help!”

From the June 18, 1943 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:

When I was a boy

the Pagoda Tree

reached the sky

Melissa Green purchased 93 Shawanue avenue in Oak Bluffs from Kathleen M. Jordan and David A. Jordan for $655,000 on June 8.

Hugh P. McCormick and Joyce Norton-McCormick purchased 3 Seventh street North in Edgartown from Millers Unlimited Properties LLC for $575,000 on June 1.

Long lines, sunny skies and hand sanitizer greeted a steady stream of masked voters in Oak Bluffs and Edgartown on Thursday, as Islanders headed to the polls to decide heated selectmen’s races and controversial ballot questions. Polls are set to close at 7 p.m. Masks are required to vote.

TestMV, the comprehensive coronavirus testing site at Martha’s Vineyard High School, saw its first positive Covid-19 result on Wednesday.

On a sun-splashed day with calm seas, the M/V Nantucket sailed into the newly-repaired wharf, the first SSA vessel of the summer season in Oak Bluffs waters Wednesday. It was also a day for delays.

As protests against racism and police brutality continue to spread, Chilmark police chief Jonathan Klaren offered the town selectmen a moment of self-reflection.

West Tisbury convenes its annual town meeting Tuesday with a stripped-down warrant that includes only essential spending items. The meeting is Tuesday in Oak Bluffs.