The ambulance service which provides EMS to the three up-Island towns is undergoing a change in leadership. Tri-Town chief Paul (Zeke) Wilkins has stepped down following a period of medical leave, while deputy chief Ben Retmier has been named acting chief.

Five Vineyard swimmers will be competing in the Bay State summer games.

Emma Chambers Maitland will be celebrated this weekend as her former home in Oak Bluffs is added to the African American Heritage Trail.

Two black female kittens, about 12 weeks old, were brought to us last week. They have been named Laverne and Shirley.

On Tuesday, members of the Vineyard Conservation Society gathered at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury to celebrate 50 years of preserving land and encouraging environmental practices. Speakers discussed what the next 50 years could mean.

“I’m still searching for the perfect one line sentence to serve to people when they inevitably ask what my book is about,” poet, author and librarian Jennifer Tseng said a few weeks ago about her new novel, Mayumi and the Sea of Happiness.