The Yard maintained the intimacy of its summer Chilmark performances on Saturday by creating a dance floor on the Performing Arts Center stage for two shows by Amirah Sackett.

After listening to emotional testimony from town residents on Wednesday, the Cottage City Historic District Commission decided to continue a public hearing on the fate of the Old Variety Store in downtown Oak Bluffs.

The new owners of the Lambert’s Cove Inn hope to expand their facilities with the construction of five new guest cabins, they told the West Tisbury zoning board of appeals Thursday evening.

A rare 186-acre West Tisbury property owned by the son of former Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham was sold Friday for $32.5 million.

The Vose family is undertaking a $200,000 renovation project to raise their historic boathouse by a foot. The structure in Edgartown Harbor dates back to 1899.

The recent passage of the short-term rental tax law has helped spur a renewed effort to create a housing bank on Martha’s Vineyard.