Tisbury selectmen signed a three-year contract this week with their new town administrator John W. Grande. Mr. Grande, who is 53, will begin work in the top town administrative post on March 13. At a selectmen’s meeting Tuesday, board chairman Tristan Israel said the selectmen had met twice in executive session to review and settle the contract, and now “have a contract that’s amicable.” The two selectmen present, Mr. Israel and Jonathan Snyder, signed the contract Tuesday evening. Mr. Grande traveled to the Island on a morning ferry Wednesday to sign the contract at the town hall .

An overloaded electrical cord and power strip are believed to be the accidental cause of a blaze that destroyed a single family home in Oak Bluffs Tuesday morning and claimed the life of a dog, Oak Bluffs deputy fire chief Tony Ferreira said Thursday.

The girls’ hockey team fell to Latin Academy 4-2 in their first round of postseason play Monday afternoon, eliminating the team from the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association tournament. Three Vineyard teams now remain in the tournament. All play at home beginning Wednesday.

They were seeking to reel in stripers and bluefish for the annual derby. Instead, Caleb Nicholson, Neal Farrell and John Thomas (JT) Maher reeled in three stranded fishermen whose boat sank miles off the coast of Aquinnah and were clinging to a cooler in the chilly, rough seas.

“What is it?” a student asked at an Island Grown Schools taste test this month. “It’s a potato,” said the IGS school coordinator, who was giving out little samples of roasted potatoes with rosemary for the students to try. “A what?” asked the student. “You know, French fries are made out of them,” said his friend standing nearby. “Oh, French fries, I know French fries,” the young student said. “Would you like to try it?” asked the coordinator. “No, no,” said the student, shaking his head decisively.