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The Menemsha waterfront traditionally begins to stir at this time of year. Fishermen mend their gear, sturdy work boats are back in the slips, ready for the early-season haul. With the pandemic, all that has changed.
Vineyard Medical Care has new patient protocols to provide for social distancing, according to an announcement Thursday.
Island athletic coaches have sent out emails urging their players to practice social isolation and not get together for informal training sessions.
On Thursday, officials from the state Division of Marine Fisheries division traveled to the Vineyard to hold a public hearing and announced that the regulations to the recreational fisheries were essentially set in stone.
Swimmers Gabby Carr, Olympia Hall and Ruairi Mullin were named Cape and Islands League all-stars. Christian Flanders was an honorable mention.
While an early-March snow shower might have Islanders reverting to winter blues, summer baseball is not far away.