A proposed beer garden at the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks baseball park got its first green light last week from the regional high school committee.

At least two children and more than 40 adults were found to be homeless on the Island — more than twice as many people as in 2019 — by Harbor Homes of Martha’s Vineyard last month.

More than 30 listeners turned out to hear Jeremy Berlin, percussionist Taurus Biskis and string player Eric Johnson play originals and jazz classics at the Edgartown Library Saturday.

Longtime Camp Jabberwocky counselors who volunteered their time during the camp’s July session have not been invited to return this summer.

Chilmark’s proposed alternative funding formula for the regional high school, while endorsed by Edgartown, has found no traction with Oak Bluffs officials.

A Lamb is returning to lead Camp Jabberwocky. Caitlin Lamb, granddaughter of founder Helen (Hellcat) Lamb and daughter of former camp director John Lamb, will be one of two co-directors for the entire summer season.

Marking another turning point in the pandemic, Islanders can now shop, dine out and enter most public buildings without masks.

When Brook Katzen moved to the Vineyard two years ago, it was not with the specific intention to buy a miniature golf course, a year-round restaurant, a taco truck, a retail building, an ice cream chain, and now a gourmet market.

Three-way races for select board seats top the ballots in West Tisbury and Oak Bluffs as annual town elections begin to take shape in the three down-Island towns.

With Covid cases dropping sharply on the Island, health officials are poised to reconsider the school mask mandate that has been in place for most of the past two years.