Spending on two major environmental initiatives to protect vulnerable coastal beaches and coastal ponds will come before Oak Bluffs voters Tuesday.

A new early childhood center planned at Martha’s Vineyard Community Services cleared a final hurdle Monday night when the regional high school district committee agreed to lease additional land to the social services agency.

Islanders who ride public buses in the off season poured out their concerns and frustrations to the Vineyard Transit Authority this week over service cuts.

West Tisbury is updating its cemetery regulations to include rules for green burials, an environment-friendly form of interment that uses no casket.

Abutters to the Harbor View Hotel were properly notified about a zoning hearing on changes to the hotel’s pool bar, a superior court judge said.