Sengekontacket Pond will reopen for shellfishing Friday morning following state tests that came back clean, Edgartown shellfish constable Paul Bagnall confirmed.

The pond was closed to shellfishing on July 31 after more than two inches of rain fell, and remained closed this week.

Water testing in the pond was done on Wednesday by the state Division of Marine Fisheries.

In my 26 years of summer visits to the Vineyard, the same memories seem to stick with me all year long: eating a steamed lobster from Betsy Larsen’s fish market, the breathtaking beaches in Chilmark, strolling the streets of Edgartown, maybe even a cup of coffee from Back Alley’s in West Tisbury. Visiting the emergency room at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital is something I never thought I’d add to that list.

Deborah Jaffe Yeomans welcomed me at her cottage near Menemsha in 2010. We had a few days of rain and walked into little shops she had not seen.

Thank you to Mark Lovewell for the article in the Gazette on Rocket Day, lost rockets and the cub scouts. Scouting on Martha’s Vineyard is one of the best programs for young boys that I have seen and that is why I am so committed to helping bring the kids new and fun experiences.

An Edgartown woman was arrested on drunken driving charges Tuesday after she was involved in a two-car crash in West Tisbury that sent two to the hospital with minor injuries, police said.

Jennifer Brown, 33, of Edgartown was headed south on State Road Tuesday just after 4 p.m. when she rear-ended a car driven by Joseph Spinelli, 72, West Tisbury police Cpl. Garrison Vieira said.

What’s big and gray and has been recently spotted on Martha’s Vineyard?

The Amity Gazette.

With tourists streaming onto the Island this week for Jawsfest, the Vineyard Gazette today printed a limited number of its Aug. 7th issue under the masthead of its fictional alter ego from the blockbuster summer movie Jaws.

After more than an hour of debating whether the character of Menemsha would be forever changed, voters approved a harbor improvement plan for the fishing village at a special town meeting Monday night.

The vote was 40 to 25. A total of 77 voters turned out to the special session at the Chilmark Community Center.

The final vote came after heavy discussion between opponents of the project who argued keeping the character of Menemsha relied heavily on its wooden aesthetic and proponents who said safety and durability were top priorities.

The auctioneer leapt off the stage and sat on a bidder’s lap. The man responded to the pressure, and upped his bid. But Laure Sudreau-Rippe was determined. She raised her paddle and bid $17,000 to attend Vineyard Playhouse production of Love Letters with Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen.

At the 33rd annual Possible Dreams auction, which took place on Monday evening in Ocean Park, caring community members gathered to make donations to one of the Island’s most essential organizations in exchange for unforgettable experiences.

No, you didn’t pick up the wrong newspaper.

With thousands of visitors streaming onto the Island this week to celebrate Jawsfest, the Vineyard Gazette is publishing this commemorative edition today under the name of its fictional alter ego from the movie sensation, Jaws. Not that we aspire to its journalistic ethics.

Vineyard filmmaker Bob Nixon can’t escape great white sharks. Fresh from months of shooting the apex predators in the Pacific for a Discovery Channel special, last Tuesday afternoon he again encountered the animal, this time 100 feet off the Menemsha jetty. While the veracity of recent great white sightings on the Vineyard has been the subject of some debate, Mr. Nixon is fairly confident he saw the real deal. On board with him at the time was Dr. Sylvia Earle, one of the world’s preeminent oceanographers.