Oak Bluffs selectmen this week appointed new building commissioners and an acting town accountant and gave the green light to a range of businesses.

For five years, Ellie the Elephant has delighted children and adults at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival’s Cinema Circus. Time took its toll, however, leaving Ellie in need of rehabilitation.

The high school committee has formally agreed to change tack and pursue a plan to upgrade the playing fields using natural grass. A plan to revamp fields using artificial turf has been postponed indefinitely.

The general manager at The Farm Institute will leave his job due to restructuring by The Trustees of Reservations, which took over the nonprofit Edgartown teaching farm two years ago.

Admission to the Gay Head Light will be free on Mother’s Day, Sunday, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The town of Aquinnah invites all to honor mothers and enjoy the view from the historic lighthouse. The lighthouse will be closed if it is raining.