Capping weeks of debate, the Edgartown select board voted 2-1 Tuesday to place a revised housing bank article on the warrant for the April annual town meeting.

The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee voted to certify a $24.6 million operating budget for the coming fiscal year Monday night.

The regional high school has run out of money for planning and design work on the new track and field at the school, after an exhaustive review by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission.

Facing a rush of demand on the Island for at-home Covid-19 testing, Island Health Care has ordered 28,350 more rapid test kits as cases of the virus hit record numbers on Martha’s Vineyard.

The Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School will hold a virtual open house on Tuesday, Jan. 11 at 6 p.m.

Hospice and Palliative Care of Martha’s Vineyard will offer a specialized grief workshop for seven weeks beginning Sunday, Jan. 16.

The West Tisbury Library is showcasing the work of eight female artists from the Vineyard.

Beginning Wednesday this week, the Steamship Authority will require all employees to show they have had at least one Covid-19 vaccination, the boat line announced Tuesday.

As Covid-19 cases climb sharply, some 4,000 free rapid home test kits will be distributed on the Vineyard beginning Tuesday. Distribution will take place from 9:30 a.m. to noon in all six towns, according to a statement from Island Health Care late Monday afternoon.

Renzie Nordin Crane was born at 6:18 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 2 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, the first baby of the new year on the Vineyard. She weighed 8 pounds, 6.6 ounces at birth.