West Tisbury resident Jacob Ferry announced Wednesday that he is pulling out of the race for state representative and throwing his support behind fellow independent candidate Tobias Glidden.

The Martha’s Vineyard Airport commission voted last week to buy the bulk of the electricity for the Island airport from a New York private equity fund that develops solar power facilities.

Vital child care and housing rehabilitation funds on Martha’s Vineyard may face dramatic cuts as a result of proposed changes to the state’s Community Development Block Grant program.

Vineyard voters backed Robert Ogden for county sheriff and Paulo C. DeOliveira as Register of Deeds in Thursday’s primary, which sets the ballot for the November election.

Dukes County voters will head to the polls today to cast ballots in the state primary, which features a lengthy line-up of contested races. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in every Island town.