After two weeks of closed-door negotiations, the all-Island school committee voted Thursday to approve a memorandum of agreement with the Martha’s Vineyard Educators Association.

A person who went crabbing in Chilmark Pond was sickened by what appears to be a neurotoxin from blue/green algae blooms in the water, according to Chilmark health officials.

Beaches along the south shore of the Island were closed to swimming as of early Thursday morning, as unusually large waves of the creatures continued to wash up.

The up-Island school committee voted Tuesday to approve the public school re-opening plan currently on the table, with two district-specific amendments.

The Steamship Authority announced another slate of complicated schedule updates on Wednesday, adding back trips that were previously cancelled and reopening its reservation system for Labor Day weekend. Test results on approximately 30 contact-traced employees are still pending.

Large swarms of Portuguese man o’ war jellyfish, a highly dangerous variety, have been discovered on the south shore of Chilmark this week, raising concerns over swimming safety.