Four beaches in Oak Bluffs have been closed to swimming as of Wednesday morning, after fresh water testing showed unacceptably high bacteria levels.

Pay Beach, Inkwell Beach, Eastville Beach and Madeiros Cove on Barnes Road are closed.

State Beach is open for swimming,

West Tisbury beaches are open. Beaches there also had been closed last week but fresh tests showed the water was safe from high levels of enterococcus bacteria.

Six Edgartown establishments have been reported to the selectmen after an under-age alcohol sweep by the town police on Friday.

The Edgartown police department’s underage alcohol enforcement operation targeted three areas: South Beach, liquor stores, and liquor serving establishments.

Arrests were made at South Beach and summonses were made at liquor stores.

West Tisbury beaches, including Lambert’s Cove Beach and Long Point, are all open to swimming again as of Tuesday afternoon.

Several beaches had been closed last week after routine water testing showed elevated levels of enterococcus bacteria.

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Adam Sandler, no it’s OperaFest. That’s right, this week at various venues around Oak Bluffs the sounds of passionately, tormented love affairs will fill the air. Note, this is not to be confused with recent events: Passionate, but illegal, sounds of tormented love affairs, the result of too much time spent at the Sand Bar.

The spirit of community, fellowship and Vineyard charms permeate the walls of the five houses being presented by the Cottagers for the 28th annual Cottager House Tour on July 21. The houses represent a diverse group in style and age. Some remain similar to the original houses built around the middle of the 19th century, others are the newly built or refurbished homes of today with current amenities. The owners love their houses passionately and are engaged in the community around them. The names on some houses reflect the owners’ love of the Vineyard.

When David Gans was sent to Jamaica in 1982 by his employer, Record Magazine, he never suspected he would be setting in motion the rest of his career. While in Jamaica, Mr. Gans met photographer Peter Simon, with whom he would later coauthor his first book, Playing in the Band: An Oral and Visual Portrait of The Grateful Dead.

The Cinema Circus, complete with jugglers, face painters, stilt walkers, food and music, gets underway at 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, at the Chilmark Community Center. The films begin at 6 p.m. Each week in advanced screening of the films is arranged with a young Island cineaste, plucked from the age bracket of the target audience.

Robert Pinsky Headlines Reading

This Thursday night at 7 p.m., under the summer tent at Featherstone Center for the Arts, fans of poetry, music, nay fans of feeling deeply the joy that art brings, are in for a treat. There is a double bill featuring poet Robert Pinsky and musician Stan Strickland.

Peace Corps Talk

Fifty years ago, John F. Kennedy created the Peace Corps. Since then over 200,000 Americans have entered the Peace Corps serving in 139 countries around the world. To celebrate this momentous anniversary, the Vineyard Haven Public Library is hosting an event on Wednesday, July 20, with former volunteer, Michael McCaskey.