The Martha’s Vineyard Commission this summer will consider a number of changes to its primary guidelines for controlling development on the Island — including several that would exclude larger commercial developments from MVC review.

The past and future will loom large during a week of celebration and the formal launch of a capital campaign for the Martha’s Vineyard Museum.

This summer, Polly Hill Arboretum meets Jurassic Park with their new prehistoric exhibit, open every day from sunrise to sunset.

Garde East recently opened in the building that formerly housed The Blue Canoe. Chef Robert Sisca was sous chef at Le Bernard in in New York city and executive chef at Bistro du Midi in Boston.

A never-before-seen critter surfaced on Martha’s Vineyard the other week: a rare albino Norway rat in Edgartown.