At their special town meeting Tuesday night Oak Bluffs voters swiftly agreed to send a home-rule petition to the state legislature that would give the town the power to ban moped rentals.

Martha’s Vineyard Commission meetings are open to the public, but it does take a certain fortitude to listen for hours.

Fall tiptoed in last week, like a teenager who stayed out too late and didn’t want to wake the household.

Spurred by the pandemic, initially as a temporary fix, government meetings held by Zoom have become nearly ubiquitous on Martha’s Vineyard.

August is the month of sunflowers in the fields, long days at the shore and on the water, unhurried evenings with friends on the porch while the sturgeon moon rises, a time when summer feels fleeting at best.

There are two excellent reasons to get vaccinated against Covid-19: to protect yourself and to protect everyone around you.