The dream season for girls' lacrosse came to an end Friday on a muddy, rain-soaked field at the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School against a powerful team from Hingham. The Hingham girls prevailed 11-8 in the second round of the state tournament. The Vineyard girls, who have been undefeated all season and had advanced to the second round with a solid win on Wednesday, could not get the job done before a cheering crowd on a soggy day.

“I couldn't be prouder of the kids. They've been terrific all season long.

Some 1,500 Vineyard residents will have to find a new health insurer, following the Island hospital’s decision to stop accepting the Boston Medical Center (BMC) HealthNet program, one of two Commonwealth Care providers here.

From the end of June, BMC will withdraw from the Island and another insurer, Neighborhood Health, will come in. The other insurer, Network Health, will continue to offer coverage, which still leaves people with a choice of two.

Eating ice cream is a familiar pastime on Memorial Day weekend, but for Zachary Gould, 25, of Oak Bluffs, who had a sweet tooth and apparently too much to drink, the temptation to grab some soft-serve proved to be criminal.

Edgartown police yesterday arrested Mr. Gould, who smashed in the back door of the Dairy Queen on Upper Main street early Saturday morning.

With most permitting in hand and a planned roster of regional and national musical acts up their sleeves, a group of Vermont promoters plan to open doors next month on the property formerly home to the Outerland nightclub.

Remaining red tape notwithstanding, the owners of Nectar’s nightclub in Burlington, Vt., aim to launch the club mid-June, operating under the same name.

A majority of West Tisbury residents at a packed public meeting on Wednesday spoke against a plan from American Tower Corporation to build a distributed antenna system (DAS) to improve cell phone coverage in the three up-Island towns.

Many who attended the meeting cited concerns about safety, questioning whether radio frequency from the towers would pose a danger to humans, while others said they worried a series of new utility poles needed for the system would ruin scenic vistas and infringe on people’s property.