My faith in humanity is buoyed by you smart Vineyarders.Your reaction to sheltering in place? Gardening.

Wednesday was a historically grim day on Martha’s Vineyard. Just after noon, an ominous stay-at-home order chimed on cell phones all over the Island. Still, there were flickers of hope. The Art Cliff diner was one of them.

The proprietors of a planned Italian restaurant on Union street in Vineyard Haven received the green light for an all-alcohol license from Tisbury selectmen/

West Tisbury DSchool chef Jenny DeVivo is a force of nature, a cheerful dynamo of can-do energy who has transformed the school’s cafeteria into a farm-to-table dining experience that many restaurant patrons would envy. Freshly-caught fish, grass-fed meats and local vegetables are staples of Ms. DeVivo’s menus, which soon will have a much larger audience, An estimated 12 million viewers — per episode — will see her in action when the new season of the Food Network’s Great Food Truck Race premieres next month.

The MVC last week grappled with a proposal to demolish the historic building that houses the Red Cat Kitchen restaurant.