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Martha’s Vineyard Hospital reported five new Covid-19 cases on Friday, capping a two week period in which the Island has seen 33 new cases and public health officials have urged vigilance.
A revised expansion plan to Edgartown’s boutique Hob Knob Inn caused continued pushback from neighbors at a Martha’s Vineyard Commission public hearing Thursday.
Cronig’s Market closed its doors for the weekend at 3 p.m. on Friday and will remain shuttered until Monday morning at 7 a.m. after three employees tested positive for Covid-19.
The all-Island committee voted Thursday to authorize a new school-wide testing plan, unanimously backing a draft of the program while deferring the question of funding to local district committees.
A student at the Tisbury School has tested positive for Covid-19, Tisbury health agent Maura Valley confirmed Friday. School superintendent Matt D'Andrea wrote that an individual had tested positive in an earlier letter to parents.
A dilapidated house in West Tisbury is now collapsing and poses a danger to the public and potentially to the environment as well, building inspector Joseph K. Tierney, Jr., told selectmen Wednesday.