Wednesday afternoon presented a study in opposites at the small campus just past the blinker on Barnes Road. For the most part, it was quiet outside, a misty spring snowfall dampening most sound. But from inside the large inflatable dome came the sounds of laughter and a recurring rhythm of thock, thock, thock.

Where will the bicycles go? Where do the buses stop? Which one is the children’s room? Those were just a few of the questions Megan McDonald’s first grade students asked student council representatives about the proposal for a new Edgartown library on Wednesday morning.

Seventh graders Lee Hayman and Sara Poggi presented the plans and perspective drawings and answered questions for their fellow students in an effort to involve the entire community, even the youngest, in the decision-making process.

When the engine on Jean Dupon’s light plane died on approach to Martha’s Vineyard Airport on Saturday night, he had two things going for him: almost 30 years’ experience as a pilot and the biggest full moon in 20 years.

Mr. Dupon, 67, of Edgartown, did exactly what he should have under the circumstances, said fellow pilot and Martha’s Vineyard Airport manager Sean Flynn. He pointed the plane towards State Beach.