Months of anxiety, uncertainty and unrest are making their mark on Martha’s Vineyard artists.

Massachusetts license plate number MV 1 raised $46,500 Sunday, as the annual Possible Dreams auction went live online for the first time in its 42-year history Sunday.

Based on figures for the first half of 2020, the Steamship Authority is projecting a $25 to $26 million operating deficit for the year, general manager Robert Davis said told the board of governors at their monthly meeting Tuesday.

Facing empty stages and canceled programming, arts organizations share one certainty as the pandemic continues: heavy financial losses.

A new novel for young readers, Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte, brings to life an often-overlooked era of Martha’s Vineyard history, when deaf and hearing Islanders shared a common sign language.

More than three weeks before she starts her job as the new chief executive officer at Martha’s Vineyard Community Services, Elizabeth Folcarelli is already forging local alliances.

Grocer Steve Bernier, author Skip Finley and community chronicler Julia Germani are this year’s recipients of the Martha’s Vineyard Medal.

Between a collapsed market for recyclables and rising expenses for collection, Tisbury is paying more than $100,000 a year to dispose of refuse — costs that are supposed to be paid for by user fees.

With Reciprocity, her new show at Kara Taylor Gallery in Chilmark, the artist explores timely themes of race and ecology in a series of paintings.

Several galleries in the Oak Bluffs Arts District stayed open late on Saturday, welcoming visitors until 7 p.m. in the first arts stroll of the summer. And while the neighborhood was generally quiet, the galleries’ artwork seemed even more vibrant and essential than ever.