Young leaders stepped into the spotlight as the Martha's Vineyard Chamber of Commerce held its 40 Under 40 celebration.

Voters in Tisbury capped a long evening by approving the regional high school operating budget with an overwhelming voice vote. The outcome keeps the issue in limbo, with Aquinnah set to cast the deciding vote on May 9.

Four experienced Steamship Authority deck officers — licensed mariners responsible for safety and navigation aboard ferries — will not be reporting for duty this spring, potentially affecting the summer operating schedule.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded Tisbury $78,750 to begin planning the reconstruction of the aging Beach Road seawall.

The Martha’s Vineyard Museum was alive with activity Saturday afternoon as it hosted its first Earth Day Conservation Festival, a four-hour celebration of the Island’s natural environment.

Incumbent Abbe Burt is being challenged for the second time this year by Christina Colarusso, with first-time candidate MacAleer Schilcher making it a three-way race.

The former Educomp building is back on the list of possibilities for a new Tisbury town hall.

Tisbury’s town meetings begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center in Oak Bluffs.

Now living in Seattle, Silas Berlin is the 25-year-old son of versatile Island pianist Jeremy Berlin, one of many in the audience who smiled as they listened to the young performer whose musical development they have been following for years.