Leading water quality experts gathered for a daylong conference at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury Thursday to lay out some of the solutions to declining pond health on the Vineyard.

The High School View won several journalism awards at the New England Scholastic Press Association annual conference.

Jim Reynolds came to Martha’s Vineyard looking for a simpler, quieter life. Ron Rappaport, born and raised in Oak Bluffs, came back for the same thing.

We present to our readers this morning, the first number of “The Vineyard Gazette.”

The shelter is still overrun with kittens. They’re everywhere, and all 11 are now spoken for.