The tiny island that was used for decades as a bombing range will remain closed to the public as an unstaffed wildlife refuge, with minimal further efforts to remove unexploded munitions.

Although suspected during the recent Covid-19 surge, the Island’s first detection of the Omicron variant was finally confirmed this week in a sample sent out for sequencing.

Efforts to rebuild the aging Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School are at a standstill again, with five towns willing to proceed but a sixth digging in its heels.

The Peaked Hill Pastures affordable housing project is headed to town meeting as a concept plan rather than a concrete spending article.