While Rhonda Backus was working inside Alley’s General Store last weekend she noticed a crowd gathering outside.

“It was a vibe of when the president drives by,” she said.

But instead of watching a motorcade, the crowd had gathered to see a procession of black and white baby skunks.

Authors met on Thursdays for lunch and their friendship led to writing a book on the Vineyard's place in history during World War II.

On Thursday morning, Martha’s Vineyard Regional high school juniors Nichole Wilson and Matt Davies cleaned heaps of local garlic shoots in the culinary arts classroom in preparation for A Spring Garden Feast on Saturday night at the Sweet Life Cafe.

Sophie Shalhoub sat atop her horse Gigja under drizzling rain at Woodbe Farm in West Tisbury on Sunday. Ms. Shalhoub, who rode Gigja to the farm from Chilmark, was showing the pony as part of the Martha’s Vineyard Horse Council’s second annual open house.

The YMCA offers a four-week class that teaches children six months to six years old the skills they need to survive should they find themselves accidentally submerged in water.

On Saturday afternoon, the Chilmark Library hosted an exhibit of Phyllis Dunn’s photographs.