Ayuthia, an 80-year-old wooden sailing vessel, made the first official passage through the new Lagoon Pond drawbridge Saturday morning.

Problems at the capped landfill will be repaired soon, town officials said this week after it came to light that runoff has been coming onto the new Vineyard House campus nearby.

In December Tim Sauer, an Islander who likes to go out metal detecting, found a 1652 pine tree shilling, the oldest coin known to have been found on Martha’s Vineyard.

The ninth annual shearing day festival will take place on Saturday, April 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The All-Island elementary school strings program will present the annual spring orchestra concert on Thursday, April 28.

The Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse will host a reception for photographer Max Skjöldebrand on Saturday, April 30.