The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School student newspaper The High School View took top honors with a first place award in the All-New England category in Division II from the New England Scholastic Press Association (NESPA). The award was announced May 1 by Helen F. Smith, NESPA executive director, during the organization’s annual conference at Boston University.

While the school’s student newspaper shared top honors in 2007, this year the students were the sole winner of the award.

A little more than two years after a hurricane-like spring storm tore a wide opening at Norton Point beach in Edgartown, the breach has begun to change, migrating eastward toward Chappaquiddick. As a result the tides in Katama Bay and the Edgartown harbor have begun to moderate, which may mean some relief for sailors and boaters this summer.

Aquinnah ended the Island political season on a big yes this week, approving all warrant articles at Tuesday’s annual town meeting, then voting to approve a $100,000 override and backing all candidates in the town election Wednesday.

Voters approved a $3 million budget, increased education costs and made their way through 16 articles in less than two hours at the last Vineyard annual town meeting of the year.

Finance committee member Isaac Taylor presented the budget and appealed to voters to back the ballot override question.