The Sail Martha’s Vineyard winter lecture series began Wednesday evening with a tale of treasure, and how a team from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) found it.

A consulting firm asked to evaluate the financial systems of the Martha’s Vineyard Airport has found a litany of issues with the airport’s reporting processes.

Airport commissioners this week sought to downplay plans for a major expansion of the airport, saying an upcoming environmental hearing is just the first step in a lengthy review and approval process.

When officer James (Jamie) Craig, the hands-on-hips 26-year veteran of the Edgartown police force enters a room, he doesn’t think much about the decor. He thinks about the quickest way he can get out.