Vineyard Electronics, the only licensed RadioShack dealer on the Island, is bracing for change in light of the announcement Thursday that the national company had filed for bankruptcy.

On most nights, live music greets you at the door of the Ritz Cafe and a friendly bartender fills drinks for a wide sampling of the Island population. New owners Larkin and Jacqueline Stallings have pledged to keep the soul of the place, while bring some new Southern spirit.

A historic downtown Edgartown property that housed a women’s clothing store for nearly three decades has been sold. The new owners said they plan to open a year-round pedestrian food market there sometime this summer.

The Martha’s Vineyard Sharks, the Island's summer collegiate baseball team, will be opening a retail store and ticket office in Vineyard Haven.

Summer doesn’t officially begin for another 135 days, but Chilmark officials are already preparing for the heavy traffic that clogged the parking lot at Lucy Vincent Beach last July and August.

Martha’s Vineyard Community Services recently announced that Jan Hatchard has rejoined the agency in a newly created position of donor relations manager.