Galaxy Gallery in Oak Bluffs, home of the nonprofit Martha’s Vineyard Center for the Visual Arts, celebrates the Island’s art teachers this month with a show by more than a dozen current and retired arts educators.

After a promising 2022 performance in the first full round of standardized testing since before Covid-19, Martha’s Vineyard public schools now have some catching up to do.

The ArtCliff Diner in Vineyard Haven reopened Thursday after an almost two-year closure for renovations. Its Beach Road parking lot was full 15 minutes before opening time at 7 a.m.

As 2023 began, the Tisbury School was a shell of century-old bricks and mortar, stripped of its fixtures and ankle-deep in rubble. This month, workers installed the final steel beam for a two-story gym and cafeteria addition.

The ArtCliff Diner in Vineyard Haven, a Beach Road fixture since 1943, is set to reopen Sept. 21 after a nearly two-year renovation.

Fashion designer Stina Sayre, long known for her elegantly-draped, easy to wear women’s clothing, is preparing to close her Vineyard Haven showroom and studio later this fall.