Tisbury selectmen have taken another step toward retail recreational marijuana, approving a host-community agreement with Patient Centric.

In the mid-1980s, the historic hotel at the head of Main street Vineyard Haven was called the Tisbury Inn, and it had seen better days. The Goldsteins saw an opportunity.

West Tisbury DSchool chef Jenny DeVivo is a force of nature, a cheerful dynamo of can-do energy who has transformed the school’s cafeteria into a farm-to-table dining experience that many restaurant patrons would envy.
Freshly-caught fish, grass-fed meats and local vegetables are staples of Ms. DeVivo’s menus, which soon will have a much larger audience, An estimated 12 million viewers — per episode — will see her in action when the new season of the Food Network’s Great Food Truck Race premieres next month.

Known for his instantly-recognizable line drawings, the Cape Cod artist Edward St. John Gorey wrote more than 100 picture books and won a Tony award for costuming.

While Island schools are on vacation this week, free community lunches are being served at two Martha’s Vineyard libraries through Friday.

People on Martha’s Vineyard are receiving food aid in numbers that local agencies have never seen before. In January the Island Food Pantry served more than 1,000 Vineyard residents.

County commissioners met Wednesday to interview the first three of six candidates seeking three seats on the airport commission.

On Monday, a small red house on the campus of the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital begins operating as the Peer Recovery Support Center.

On Wednesday afternoon Dukes County commissioners interviewed nine people for the next Vineyard Steamship Authority governor in three and a quarter hours. One candidate was unable to make the meeting.

Big Fish, opening Feb. 13 at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, is a 21st-century musical inspired by the enduring tradition of heroic journeys.