A year after Vineyard hunters took a record number of deer, the numbers on Martha’s Vineyard fell in 2020 but still matched the third-highest total on record.

After five years of planning — and an acrimonious turf war that played itself out in numerous public meetings — the Martha’s Vineyard Commission opened a public hearing on the regional high school’s new athletic complex on Thursday.

Tisbury voters are likely to be asked in June to approve $55 million in long-term bond debt to renovate, expand and modernize the town’s 90-year-old school building.

The search for a new fire chief has begun in Oak Bluffs after selectmen signed off on a list of criteria this week recommended by the town’s interim emergency management team.

The long-term care and nursing facility has received its first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, hospital officials announced Wednesday. All 40 residents and 26 staff were vaccinated.