If we drink salt water we get thirstier. But not birds. Some birds — albatrosses, shearwaters, penguins, gulls and pelicans — can drink salt water!

Polly Hill planted one and so did Mermaid Farm’s Caitlin Jones.

I’ve said repeatedly that I wish I had a job as a weather forecaster. They get it right maybe half the time.

Jesse and Dennis Michael Jason, of Chilmark, announce the birth of a son, Quint Joseph Jason, born on March 24.

Like it or not, Chappaquiddick is part of Edgartown. Town meeting and town elections are coming up. If you don’t think that your participation matters, witness the chaos emanating from Washington, D.C. which proceeds with the narrowest of margins.

It seems like we should be so far removed from the nighttime glow of artificial light, but in reality it surrounds us.

April showers bring May flowers.

Editors note: The event has been postponed.

Funding for a new recreation center, a potential ban on gas-powered leaf blowers and planning for a sewage system in the Ocean Heights neighborhood will all be put before Edgartown voters at town meeting next week.

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.