The line spilled out the door at the Edgartown Dairy Queen Thursday afternoon as crowds of squealing students celebrated the reopening of the beloved Island franchise with free ice cream cones.

Citing a shifting landscape of costs and advertising revenue, Edible Vineyard will no longer publish its quarterly magazine, and instead produce a cookbook.

Oyster farming is no longer a promising trend but a vibrant reality and a million-dollar industry on the Vineyard, five members of the Island aquaculture community told a gathering at the Gazette newsroom Tuesday.

Business owners who rely on the ferry to transport cargo to and from the mainland have dealt with late and cancelled shipments that have cost them thousands of dollars.

Several Island hotels are facing a labor shortage this summer due to changes in how seasonal work visas are distributed.