Edgartown voters knocked out 63 warrant articles in just over two hours at annual town meeting Tuesday night, passing every article with minimal discussion or debate.

Longtime moderator Philip J. Norton Jr. kept the meeting moving swiftly forward for a crowd of voters eager to settle on town spending for the coming year.

The meeting opened with a word from several town representatives on more pertinent spending issues.

By MEGAN DOOLEY

Armed with windbreakers and sunglasses — and plenty of coffee in paper cups, a modest group of Islanders rose Sunday morning, following an opening gala the night before that crept into the wee hours, to witness the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

When she first came to the United States, Uruguay-born Maribel Umpierrez Adams sank into a quiet depression for months. An educated, intelligent, well-spoken woman in her home country, she came to the states knowing no English, which she feared meant that her entire personality was lost in her new home. Struggling to grasp a foreign language, she was no longer quick with a quip, witty, or articulate. She feared she had lost her humor, and her intellect.

Nate Sprague remembers what it was like not to have a skate park on the Island. Lots of running from the cops to avoid hefty fines or a confiscated skateboard.

“It was fun, because we would get chased by the cops,” he joked, sitting on a bench overlooking the park this week. “That was cool, being a little kid. You see it in the movies.”