The West Tisbury selectmen hope to get a sense of community opinion about bike lanes when the town gathers for a special town meeting Nov. 1.

Amid growing concerns over finances in Aquinnah, town officials have taken steps to form the town’s first finance committee since 2010.

Residents from Edgartown to Aquinnah this week weighed in on an effort to increase the Island’s stock of affordable housing as a series of workshops began.

With enrollment at an all-time high, the West Tisbury School will need a full-time Spanish and industrial technology teachers next year, the up-Island district committee learned Monday night.

Tobias Vanderhoop, chairman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), has been named to the Plymouth, Massachusetts 400th Anniversary Commission.

Geoff Rose announced Tuesday that he has been granted a provisional license by the state Department of Public Health to operate a registered medical marijuana dispensary in West Tisbury.