The Old Whaling Church in Edgartown resounded with music and applause over the weekend as the Island Community Chorus presented its spring concerts, opening with a powerful performance of Misa Criolla.

A ground-breaking ceremony for the new building under construction at Martha’s Vineyard Community Services in Oak Bluffs drew close to 100 people Friday afternoon, including local officials, tribal leaders, MVCS staff and board members.

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission is fast-tracking its review of a proposal by the Martha’s Vineyard Airport to renovate and expand the terminal in West Tisbury.

Martha’s Vineyard Community Services will formally break ground Friday on construction of a new building that will include a wing named for author William Styron and his widow, poet Rose Styron, who still lives in the couple’s Vineyard Haven home.

On Wednesday evening during part two of the annual town meeting, Tisbury voters unanimously approved the town’s $41.6 million budget for fiscal year 2026.

The Island Community Chorus returns to the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown this weekend, with a pair of concerts centered on the 1964 liturgical work Misa Criolla by Argentinian composer Ariel Ramírez.