When she bought Morrice Florist in Vineyard Haven five years ago, Emily Coulter was 30 and tired of waitressing by night, caring for her two young daughters by day and seldom seeing her husband.

The latest effort to curb rental mopeds in the town of Oak Bluffs has seen a setback after a home rule petition died on Beacon Hill in December. The bill was refiled at the start of the 2019 legislative session.

Marine consultants hired to review Steamship Authority operations delivered the fifth and final piece of their critique last week, detailing shortcomings in the boat line’s public communications, and won a new contract to help carry out their overall recommendations.

Cash-strapped due to unbudgeted expenses for the work to clean up contamination in private wells, airport officials are seeking a loan from the county.

The West Tisbury zoning board of appeals this week denied a request from the Lambert’s Cove Inn to expand by adding guest cabins on the property.

The signature up-Island confectionery that is a Vineyard institution its own right will close at the end of the year, the owners have said.