Edgartown, West Tisbury and state firefighters banded together to stamp out a large brush fire near the Pohogonot Farm on Wednesday, battling the blaze throughout the afternoon.

Voters in Oak Bluffs and West Tisbury head to the polls Thursday to take part in the first annual town elections of the season, with a three-way race for two seats on the Oak Bluffs select board topping ballots.

Graduation ceremonies for the class of 2021 will be held outdoors on the varsity baseball field in June, school officials confirmed this week.

The reconstruction project was thrown into further turmoil this week after the state declined to pay for relocating town water and sewer lines.

Heightened tensions between the Harbor View Hotel and its North Water street neighbors around use of a private dock boiled over into the Edgartown selectmen’s meeting Monday.

After a recent surge in Covid-19 cases on the Vineyard, health agents reported 73 new positive tests this week — a slight downturn from the week prior.