Without wastewater treatment facilities, Island ponds could be in worse shape. Estuaries suffer from nitrogen overload, coming mostly from septic systems that remove bacteria but not nitrogen.

Some 18 months after abandoning plans to expand its Vineyard Haven store, Stop & Shop unveiled preliminary plans this week for a huge expansion of its grocery store on Upper Main street in Edgartown, including a major redesign of the parking lots.

Mornings at Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School begin just as they did 19 years ago when the doors first opened. The whole school, including teachers, administrators and students from high school to kindergarten, sits together on the floor of the hallway, a stretch everyone calls Main street.

The deer hunting season is underway this week on the Vineyard. The archery season began Oct. 19 and runs through Nov. 28.