The regional high school committee unanimously approved an $18.6 million operating budget for fiscal year 2016 with relatively little comment or discussion.

On Saturday afternoons, Goodale’s Construction site in Oak Bluffs doubles as an informal shooting range. Police officers, army veterans, gardeners, landscapers, chefs and others are all regulars.

Vineyard public schools will see a full-time director hired for the English language learners program in the coming year, under a $5.8 million budget for the school superintendent. The all-Island school committee voted 11-3 to approve the shared services budget last Thursday.

During a tour of Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School early Tuesday morning, new principal Gilbert Traverso outline several building maintenance concerns. The schools superintendent said a revenue shortfall meant money was not put aside for maintenance.

Victory, to Martha’s Vineyard schools superintendent Dr. James H. Weiss, tastes like chocolate-covered cranberries.

West Tisbury wants to make Lambert’s Cove Beach more accessible for elderly residents and people with disabilities. That’s the idea behind a subcommittee formed Tuesday night at the West Tisbury conservation commission.