The money, made available by the Inflation Reduction Act, is a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to address the right whale crisis and their primary threats, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.

John Neuhoff filed an appeal in Dukes County Superior Court last week, saying the Oak Bluffs select board should not have approved the cell company’s plans for wireless communication equipment on Pequot avenue.

The Trustees of Reservations is under scrutiny once again after the Edgartown conservation commission found the regional land trust failed to properly demarcate oversand vehicle trails.

A proposed home renovation on South Water street went before the Edgartown conservation commission Wednesday, prompting concerns about construction in the property’s wetlands and a proposed “exercise spa.”

Edgartown officials have halted construction on a North Water street home after discovering the building had been demolished far beyond what the historic district commission had approved.