A proposed bylaw amendment aims to preserve pre-Civil War houses in Chilmark by amending the residential building size bylaw.

Edgartown selectmen Monday began the expensive process of replacing the furnace at town hall.

Oak Bluffs selectmen heard from the town’s conservation agent and the chairman of the conservation commission Tuesday, who spoke out against use of a mechanical beach rake to clean and remove rocks from the town’s popular beaches.

Voters at a special town meeting in Aquinnah next week will decide whether to move forward on projects at Aquinnah Circle and Philbin Beach, along with improvements and repairs at the town hall campus.

Tisbury selectmen appointed a department of public works advisory board Monday evening in the wake of new legislation placing the DPW under their control. Ian A. Aitchison, George J. Balco, Thomas W. Pachico, Tomar Waldman and David Willoughby will serve through June 2016.

Presented with a petition to lower the speed limit on Beach Road, Tisbury selectmen said this week they would support the initiative and pass it along to the state.