On the eve of the vote on the school reopening plan last week, working parents — many of whom are scrambling to figure out their own family work-school schedules with barely a month left before the start of school — expressed a litany of worries and frustrations.

The Island’s first recreational pot shop received approval from the Martha’s Vineyard Commission Thursday night, on condition that customers arrive by appointment only and the facility meets a variety of traffic and safety protocols.

Two down-Island town planning boards have come out strongly against a series of proposed changes to the MVC checklist.

After weeks of delays, rollbacks and revisions, all four Martha’s Vineyard school committees voted to approve a cautious reopening plan on Thursday.

The morning vigils are just one piece of a larger picture of social activism.