Martha’s Vineyard reveled in the last moments of a busy summer Monday, closing out Labor Day weekend with ongoing labor shortages, farewells and a not-so-secret excitement for the off-season.

As Labor Day weekend arrives, a second summer of Covid-19 continues to loom over the Island with case counts staying high, including many clusters among businesses.

The 2021 season was supposed to be the summer of recovery. And it mostly was. But business owners said it came at its own cost.

With Covid-19 cases still high, Edgartown will postpone their 350th anniversary picnic after a recommendation from the town board of health Wednesday.

At a special meeting Wednesday Chilmark selectmen reacted to a report detailing an incident that occurred at the town Community Center summer camp, with critical comments and questions.

Chilmark police are continuing to investigate a fatal moped accident on South Road that claimed the life of a 20-year-old woman and left a 20-year-old man with serious injuries.

Zachary Dupon, 26, of Vineyard Haven, has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide charges connected to the death of a 22-year-old woman in a head-on motor vehicle collision last winter. A judge rejected the conditions of a plea deal.

Covid-19 cases and case clusters continue to loom over the Island’s summer season, with August officially registering the most positive Covid-19 tests in a month since the pandemic began.

A plan to raze and rebuild a historic house on East Chop Drive will be decided soon by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission, after a public hearing closed Thursday night on the demolition project.

The MVC is reviewing a large, complicated project to redevelop the Tisbury Marine Terminal into a vessel staging facility for Vineyard Wind.