Oak Bluffs selectmen sent the new town hall project back to the architect’s drawing board for cost cutting revisions, after the sole bid came in high.

The county will take over the tick-borne illness prevention program led by Island biologist Richard Johnson.

Rotted pilings, electrical wires and missing signs were a few of the items pointed out by town leaders during their spring tour of Menemsha harbor.

Tisbury selectmen granted the harbor master’s request for an additional $25,000 to inspect, repair, or replace 30 town moorings.

In a major step for the only Island-based partnership in the race to develop offshore wind, Vineyard Wind won the right this week to negotiate a 20-year state contract to build an 800-megawatt wind farm south of Martha’s Vineyard.