The Vineyard football team passed its second test of the season on Saturday, defeating a dangerous opponent on the road in Carver High School by 14-0 to remain undefeated on the young season.

For the second week in a row, the Vineyarders found themselves locked in a tight battle to bitter end. After beating Old Rochester 7-0 in their home opener last week, the Vineyarders on Saturday again led only a single score going into the fourth quarter when Nick Viera scored on a 45-yard punt return to seal the win.

In what promises to be an interesting and perhaps emotional doubleheader, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission on Thursday will review both a plan to expand the baseball park at Veira Park in Oak Bluffs and another to designate five ancient pathways in Edgartown into a special protection zone that might limit their use and future development.

A rescue crew from the Menemsha Coast Guard station came to the aid of a New Bedford-based fishing vessel which was sinking to the south of the Island early Saturday morning.

The crew of the 40-foot wooden-hulled Samantha and Serena first got in touch with the Coast Guard around 3 a.m. on VHF marine radio on Channel 16, the international calling and distress channel. A crew member reported that the ship was taking on water and that the dewatering pumps had failed.

Oak Bluffs police on Wednesday arrested a man for operating under the influence and driving a stolen car after a brief high-speed chase on Wing Road.

Officer Jeff Trudel pulled over Clemens Fraize, 38, of Amesbury around 1 a.m. on Wing Road and approached his vehicle on foot. As he neared the driver side window, Mr. Fraize put the car in gear and sped off, heading south on Wing Road.