As the busiest summer on record draws to a close, officials across the Island are grappling with how to deal with a new wave of Covid-19 cases that shows no sign of letting up. Vaccination requirements are under consideration in more than one town.

In this week’s podcast episode of Shed: Conversations About Race, host Eric Adams talks to attorney Andrew Celli.

This past week we saw both Catticus and Jenny leave for new homes.

David Mello, 89, began working at the Gazette in 1948 as a student at Edgartown High School. Later he became a rocket scientist.

Controversy and confusion over the recent downsizing of a summer event in Waban Park prompted an outpouring of support for the antiracism advocacy organization A Long Talk at the Oak Bluffs selectmen’s meeting Tuesday.