Capping weeks of debate in Vineyard Haven, a controversial question about whether to allow the sale of hard liquor along with beer and wine in restaurants won easy approval at the Tisbury annual town election this week.

A plan to upgrade the high school playing fields using grass in place of artificial turf hit a snag when school leaders learned that engineering drawings to rebuild the track may not be available as promised.

A calf was born at The Grey Barn Farm in Chilmark last week. With about 31 calves born a year at the certified organic farm, their arrival is not always noteworthy, but this one was different.

The former poet laureate of West Tisbury, Justen Ahren, stepped into his Island-wide laureate role with an April 30 reception at the West Tisbury Free Public Library.

Half an hour into the 43rd annual Kids Trout Tournament, Grace Cotton caught a 16-inch rainbow trout. Two hours later she discovered she had won the tournament.