A state-ordered shellfish closure due to toxic algae blooms was extended to Martha’s Vineyard late Sunday. All Island ponds and harbors are closed to shellfishing — except for bay scalloping.

Two Vineyard farms have been included in a sweeping recall for meat processed at the Adams Farm slaughterhouse in Athol. No illnesses have been reported on the Island.

Pleased with the current direction of the Steamship Authority, the board of governors is looking within its own ranks for a new general manager to succeed Wayne Lamson when he retires this summer.

Geoff Rose announced Tuesday that he has been granted a provisional license by the state Department of Public Health to operate a registered medical marijuana dispensary in West Tisbury.

The spread of disease-carrying ticks on Martha’s Vineyard is a public health crisis, a biologist and longtime Island physician said this week.

S. Bailey Norton Jr., a 10th generation Islander and widely-admired Edgartown elder, was a familiar figure on the streets of the town he loved.