Drivers for the Vineyard Transit Authority voted Sunday to ratify a contract with their employer. Drivers are due to return to work on Tuesday.

The union that represents the VTA drivers announced late Thursday that a tentative agreement had been reached with their employer, Transit Connection Inc.

Abigail Washburn refers to herself as an old-time musician, having mastered the traditional clawhammer banjo technique and a just-rough-enough voice.

Chilmark selectmen voted unanimously on Tuesday to name Jeremy Bradshaw as the new town fire chief. Mr. Bradshaw will begin work August 1.

The water flowed, along with stories of hope and second chances, on Thursday evening at the 22nd annual Water Tasting by the Sea, a fundraiser for Vineyard House, the Island’s only sober living community.

A divided VTA board decided Wednesday after heated public testimony to send their subcontracted hiring company back to the negotiating table.