The high school track and field teams are off and running, with two wins for the boys and two losses for the girls in field events against visiting teams this week.

The boys’ squad had home wins over Abington and EAC opponent Somerset. The girls’ team fell to both opponents despite strong performances in field events. Senior Maggie Riseborough won the shot put and discus during Wednesday’s Somerset meet, senior Shavanae Anderson took first in the triple jump and long jump, and junior Mariah Campbell took first in the high jump.

Weather permitting, the Martha's Vineyard Prescribed Fire Partnership will conduct the burn at the Hoft Farm in West Tisbury.

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission Thursday approved a Verizon cell phone tower in West Tisbury and a harbor fuel facility in Oak Bluffs, two projects that raised objections from residents and abutters.

The harbor fuel facility will be the subject of discussion at the Oak Bluffs annual town meeting Tuesday, where an article to fund the facility appears on the warrant.

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It’s been two years since Oak Bluffs residents convened for town meetings focused on cutting the budget, and this year’s annual town meeting agenda represents a turn in a new direction: while the budget is still modest, the town is quietly starting to return to regular business. Paving roads and a new fire engine are on the annual town meeting warrant, as is a hot topic not fiscal in nature: the annual monster shark tournament.
Oak Bluffs voters will gather Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Martha’s Vineyard High School Performing Arts Center for both special and annual town meetings.

The health of Island waterways and fees necessary to protect them will top the list at the annual Tisbury town meeting this Tuesday evening when voters tackle two full warrants. Both the annual and special town meetings are being held on the same night due to problems reaching a quorum last year for the special town meeting agenda. The meetings begin at 7 p.m. in the Tisbury School gymnasium. Deborah Medders will moderate.

A banner announcing next week’s annual town meeting was hanging over Edgartown’s Main street Thursday as the town prepares to debate medical marijuana and new historic district bylaws and decide on spending money on everything from new fire trucks to Fourth of July fireworks.

A new $2.8 million police station, several affordable housing initiatives and a watershed study for the much-debated Mill Pond will top the warrant when West Tisbury voters convene for their annual town meeting Tuesday.

The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the gymnasium of the West Tisbury School. Moderator F. Patrick Gregory will preside over the session; there are 37 articles on the warrant.

The family of the late Edwin Newhall (Bob) Woods has gifted 500 acres of rare and unspoiled oak forest, freshwater wetlands and frost bottom in West Tisbury and Chilmark to The Nature Conservancy, the conservancy announced early this week. The gift creates permanent protection for the heart of one of the most significant natural areas on the Vineyard.

This year’s election season on the Vineyard is most noticeable for what’s not happening on the Island. There are no campaign signs or tough political debates. Nor has there been a candidate forum to attend, for those so inclined.