From Sunday night into the wee hours of Monday morning, we will experience a meteor shower. Meteors, also called shooting stars, will appear sporadically through out the night. Unfortunately, a near full moon will obstruct our being able to see most of them. The Lyrid meteor shower is an annual event. The meteors appear to come from the zodiacal constellation Lyra, one of the smallest constellations in the summer and late spring sky.

A pair of newly-discovered bookkeeping snafus have sent Tisbury officials scrambling to reduce a $1.5 million Proposition 2 1/2 override vote at the annual town meeting May 28.

Monday is Earth Day, number 54 since it began in 1970, and so it is appropriate to push off from indoor activities and turn one’s eyes to dirt and grass, sky and sea.

The 32nd annual Vineyard Conservation Society Earth Day beach clean-up takes place Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Did any Islanders run in the Boston Marathon? The winners were Helen Obiri of Kenya and Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia.

Mother Nature plays with us.

It’s hard to believe Basil Welch has been gone since 2011.

This is the yellowest Spring that I can recall. I’m betting that at some point forsythia will be labeled an invasive species.

There will a car wash at the regional high school to support the high school sailing team on Sunday, April 21 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $282,000 for the business week ending on Friday, April 12, 2024.