Beneath gray skies flickering with heat lighting, Lark, a 45-foot Alden gaff cutter, was relaunched from the Gannon and Benjamin Marine Railway in Vineyard Haven Thursday afternoon.

West Tisbury selectmen voted Wednesday to strongly encourage the board of health to require face coverings in all downtown areas, looking to model themselves after Oak Bluffs, Edgartown and Menemsha.

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission will install a barrier along the shore of the Lagoon Pond.

An order approved at a joint meeting of the Chilmark board of health and selectmen Tuesday makes masks mandatory throughout the fishing village.

Early on in the pandemic, farmers’ markets were declared essential business. Right away, planning began for a new West Tisbury Farmers’ Market.

With an uncertain fall ahead for public schools, Vineyard schools superintendent of schools Matthew D’Andrea announced early this week that a task force has been formed to develop a reopening plan.