Capt. Bernardino (Didino) Ramos is one of 30 people who captain those 10 gleaming white vessels, the year-round lifeline to the two Islands.

There is no purer pleasure for anglers on Martha’s Vineyard than the tug on the line of the first striped bass of the season. That first hit in early May or June renews a seasonal relationship that is as old as the Island itself.

During April 2022, while we were all focused on passing the housing bank in our towns, stories appeared in the local newspapers announcing that the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank, aided by the Land Protection Fund, had purchased 26 acres of land along the banks of Mill Brook and Crocker Pond in West Tisbury at the junction of State and North Roads. This is collaborative conservation, with two groups or more working together to achieve a conservation goal.

The Tisbury select board voted Wednesday to promote two town police officers, Andrew Silvia and Edward St. Pierre, to sergeant.

The future of food trucks remains up for debate, with a joint meeting of the select board and planning board scheduled to discuss the matter May 18.

Aquinnah voters go to the polls today to cast ballots in the annual town election — including a final vote on the housing bank and deciding a race for the board of health. Polls are open from noon to 8 p.m. in the old town hall.

Climate Action Week, with its nearly 40 free events culminating in a finale Saturday at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury, has kept Vineyarders informed and inspired.

Our responsibility as educators is to best support our Island children. I feel the MVRHS track and fields project was a proposal that would do just that.

I live at 68 Eastville avenue. If you are on Island, you have seen the senseless destruction from the corner of County avenue to the drawbridge.

Hurray! The heartbeat of the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse pounds loudly and triumphantly again.