A total of 16 students entered the 23rd annual science fair at the regional high school with numerous projects focusing on ways to help protect the environment.

As review of a plan to overhaul the regional high school athletic fields drags on, the Oak Bluffs planning board came under fire Thursday night.

The Chilmark School will not be getting its decrepit heating and cooling system replaced this summer. School district finance director Mark Friedman said the sole bid came in over budget.

The two-year pandemic has hampered learning for the Island’s youngest school children, according to West Tisbury student data recently presented to the up-Island school committee.

The Chilmark library’s Covid-19 policies are posing obstacles for children who have no school library of their own, principal Susan Stevens told the up-Island school committee Monday.

The seventh grade boys basketball team capped a 20-2 season with a second place finish at the state tournament.