Seth’s Pond is closed to swimming due to high bacteria counts in Monday’s routine sampling results, West Tisbury board of health agent John Powers said Wednesday morning.

Signs are posted to warn bathers of the bacteria.

The announcement follows a series of inexplicable readings and beach closures around the Vineyard. Inkwell, Lambert’s Cove and other beaches also were closed temporarily in recent weeks, in the height of the summer tourist season.

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The Vineyard will soon be surrounded on all sides by communities making the jump to next-generation energy infrastructure. On July 22 Falmouth, Nantucket and New Bedford each learned that they had won state grants to install electric car recharging stations, but for now the Vineyard will remain wedded to gasoline.

Drawbridge Clear Today

Drawbridge work scheduled for today has been postponed, according to county officials. MassHighway had planned to reduce traffic on the bridge to single-lane while an auxiliary motor was installed but the work will not take place today.

A Dukes county grand jury returned indictments last week against a former state probation officer who faces cocaine trafficking charges and two Oak Bluffs men who have been charged in connection with robbing an elderly Island man of his life savings.