Racing to the Dairy Queen in Edgartown on opening day is a time-honored tradition. And the first ice cream cone (or blizzard or milkshake) is as much a marker of spring as the pinkletinks.

An effort to link adjacent properties with a hiking trail has pitted the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank against the owners of the Outermost Inn, whose land must be crossed to access the trail.

Voting for Martha’s Vineyard Magazine’s 2016 Best of the Vineyard competition ends at midnight on April 1.

After hearing from town business owners who opposed a proposed plastic bag ban as too costly and inconvenient, Oak Bluffs selectmen voted unanimously Tuesday not to include the measure on the April town meeting warrant.