Under a silvery gray sky this week, brothers Dan and Greg Martino motored out from Lagoon Pond to their oyster farm off Eastville.

Amidst an ever-changing Edgartown business scene, the Christina Gallery has remained a constant for 39 years at the corner of North Water and Winter streets. So has its loyalty to its artists. .

Jacqueline Foster wheeled rice bowls into Vineyard Haven last week in a teal and yellow truck. She had been on a food journey both on Island and off and has reached nirvana with Mangku Truck.

It was 6 p.m. on a Saturday evening. Shops were still open along Main street, Vineyard Haven as people enjoyed the evening in town during what has become a weekly event this summer, the Saturday Stroll.

With funding for the Island’s tick-borne illness reduction initiative soon to end, health agents and others face an uphill battle in stemming the advance of lone star ticks, which have gained a foothold.