Martha’s Vineyard public schools will forgo April vacation, and the Island school year will end on Monday, June 22, the all-Island school committee decided Friday.

Oak Bluffs has named Martin Greene, former Bourne fire chief, to be the town’s interim fire chief. A veteran firefighter from just over the bridge on Cape Cod, Mr. Greene was the unanimous choice of the Oak Buffs selectmen.

Two bald eagles took over an osprey nest beginning last year. This spring, they returned and laid eggs, a first in the natural history record books for the Vineyard.

While an early-March snow shower might have Islanders reverting to winter blues, summer baseball is not far away.

Oak Bluffs selectmen held a forum Wednesday night to introduce two energy-efficient design plans for the Oak Bluffs town hall renovation project.

The annual town election season on the Vineyard is shaping up to be an active one this year.