The Martha’s Vineyard girls tennis team clinched a spot in the Division 2 south section finals after a commanding 5-0 win against sixth-seeded Westwood Monday afternoon.

A new Chilmark fire station inched a little closer to reality last week when selectmen reviewed a preliminary site design that they said could work.

Climate change is here and the Vineyard is on the front lines. This was the message at the third Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Conference held last week in Edgartown.

The girls’ tennis team proved that they belong in the division two playoffs Friday afternoon with a decisive 5-0 sweep of Scituate.

After every point, regional high school seniors and tennis doubles partners Kat Roberts and Lizzie Williamson touch rackets and give each other a high-five.

Girls’ lacrosse, boys’ and girls’ tennis all breezed through their first match-ups in early playoff rounds. Later in the week the lacrosse team lost.