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Island health officials reported one new probable antibody positive case on Tuesday, bringing the Island’s total coronavirus caseload to 46.
For the past 20-plus years Bob Falkenburg has been a smiling face at the busy downtown Oak Bluffs information booth, greeting visitors from places both far flung and close to home. But at 93, he decided this year to retire from his town duties.
An unexpected surge in visitors this weekend caught many Vineyard business owners and public health officials by surprise.
On Saturday morning at 9 a.m. the West Tisbury Farmers’ Market officially opened in its new location at the Agricultural Society fairgrounds.
Sunday street closures, expanded outdoor dining and a drive-in movie theatre at the Y are all part of the plan to help boost business.
Martha’s Vineyard Hospital chief nursing and operations officer Claire Seguin started her job on March 1, 10 days before the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.
