Discussion on the Mill Pond began at the doors of the West Tisbury School where advocates for and against dredging welcomed voters with Save the Mill Pond buttons and pamphlets.

Taylor Toole returns to the Island with Jimmy Was a Carpenter, his newest film about life, death and love, set on Martha's Vineyard. The romantic thriller will premiere at the Martha's Vineyard Film Center on Saturday, April 12.

Funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project comes from the $50 billion Hurricane Sandy relief bill passed in 2012. Aquinnah wants the dredging, but Chilmark does not.

The town board of appeals will refer Susan Sanford’s application to open a registered medical marijuana dispensary at Vineyard Complementary Medicine to the MVC.

The topic of what to do about the Mill Pond, if anything, has been before voters for several years and will be again at the annual town meeting Tuesday, April 8.

With erosion eating away at the Gay Head Cliffs, a historian for the National Park Service recognized the urgency in transferring ownership to the town. The lighthouse will be moved sometime in the next year.