The district school committee voted Monday to approve a new athletic handbook without requiring same gender chaperones for off-Island games.

A draft policy that would require gender-based chaperoning of sports teams has quickly become a sticky topic for the regional high school committee.

Inadequate conditions at the town school were on full display during a tour this week attended by a large group of town officials.

The regional high school committee this week continued to grapple with how to handle gender-specific chaperoning of sports teams for off-Island events.

As legal marijuana use edges closer to the Island’s mainstream, a group of community leaders concerned about potential negative effects on young people has assembled.

Facing the Worcester Bravehearts, the Vineyard Sharks came up short in the first game of the Future’s League world series.