An old firehouse came down Monday in Chilmark to make way for a new one, on the heels of Saturday’s special town meeting, when voters gave a green light to add $1.3 million to the project for a new fire station complex.

As review of a plan to overhaul the regional high school athletic fields drags on, the Oak Bluffs planning board came under fire Thursday night.

A summer of uncertainty looms for Island business owners in their annual scramble to hire staff — especially foreign workers.

Cases of Covid-19 crept up slightly on the Vineyard last week, as public health officials keep a close eye on the numbers with new sub-variants of the virus emerging around the globe.

The Chilmark School will not be getting its decrepit heating and cooling system replaced this summer. School district finance director Mark Friedman said the sole bid came in over budget.

The two-year pandemic has hampered learning for the Island’s youngest school children, according to West Tisbury student data recently presented to the up-Island school committee.