Tisbury voters gave a standing ovation to their retiring fire chief and backed a $6.4 million sewer expansion at their annual town meeting Saturday.

Edgartown voters quickly approved a complex land deal involving the Boys and Girls Club at a historic outdoor annual town meeting.

Paul Laliberte and I were sitting North-South, with no one vulnerable and East dealing, in an OK Bridge tournament:
    

On Saturday morning at 9 a.m. the West Tisbury Farmers’ Market officially opened in its new location at the Agricultural Society fairgrounds.

Sunday street closures, expanded outdoor dining and a drive-in movie theatre at the Y are all part of the plan to help boost business.

Next week the morning sky gets the attention.

Tisbury will convene its annual town meeting under a tent at the town elementary school, beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday. Face coverings are required.

Edgartown voters are set to take up a significantly pared-down agenda, with a complex land purchase involving the Boys and Girls Club topping the 53-article warrant.

Voters will decide next week whether to take a fresh tack on the long-stalled town hall renovation project.

Two months behind the usual schedule, voters go to the polls on Thursday in Oak Bluffs and Edgartown, where contested races for selectmen and measures on significant town projects are on the ballot.