Residents whose property abuts Pennywise Preserve asked the Edgartown selectmen this week to put up a new streetlight and close a dirt road.

The Tisbury zoning board of appeals has cleared the way for 20 affordable apartments to be built on State Road in Vineyard Haven.

Chilmark and West Tisbury are both targeting the Up-Island regional school district agreement as a means for soothing tensions over costs.

An ambitious plan to replace the old hardware building in Oak Bluffs with a three-story structure is nearly ready for a vote by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission.

Neal Maciel is a third-generation Islander who retired from a 35-year career in law enforcement in 2010.

Bob Ogden holds the title of special sheriff in the Dukes County sheriff’s department, where he has worked his entire career.