From daylilies to sea salt to vintage clothing, the internet is playing an increasingly important role in Island business. Some entrepreneurs are selling mostly online while others are using online sales to stay connected with summer customers when the snow flies.

New regulations aimed at curbing mortality rates among striped bass are focusing on the larger, spawning females whose numbers have fallen in recent years. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is collecting comment.

Today the weight of history is more apparent than ever at the Mayhew Chapel, with its moss-covered roof, peeling white paint and crumbling ceiling. New efforts are underway to restore the chapel, clear out the underbrush in the burial ground and take inventory of the ancient fieldstones that mark the graves.

Stories of the distant past came to life during archaeology ID day at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum. Whale bones and arrowheads were among the treasures brought in by people from around the Island.

Facing an unforeseen deadline for spending a major state grant, a town committee has stepped up the pace in the effort to restore Squibnocket Beach. The issue has been marked by intense environmental study and also politics.

In the 1980s Mitchell Kapor designed Lotus 1-2-3. Today, he and his wife, Freada Kapor Klein, devote much of their time to investing in startup companies that promote social change. Many of their projects were inspired through Vineyard connections.