Lyme disease, sustainable food systems, and new models for elder care will be subjects for study thanks to the Martha’s Vineyard Vision Fellowship which announced its 2017 fellows this week.

The Steamship Authority will continue to explore possible new routes between the Vineyard and New Bedford — one for barging trash and another for freight ferry service, both using private contractors.

At annual town meetings Edgartown agreed to buy the Yellow House, Oak Bluffs refused to spend money to fix the Island Theatre, and West Tisbury played spoiler on roof replacement at the marine hospital.

James Anthony, a Maryland banker, will take the helm as president and chief executive officer of the Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank, community bank leaders said in an announcement Monday.

An ad hoc citizen group has assembled to develop an action plan for the growing housing crisis on the Vineyard. The first step comes at town elections beginning next week, when voters will be asked to weigh in.

All work and no play is the prevailing theme in West Tisbury when voters gather for their annual town meeting next week to tackle a tidy lineup of business-like spending requests. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the school gymnasium.