The Martha’s Vineyard airport commission chairman said major strides have been made to correct deficiencies found by the FAA earlier this year. Meanwhile, a protracted legal dispute looms with embattled airport manager Sean Flynn.

Expanding a town affordable housing initiative, making repairs to town buildings and fences and paying old bills are all on the docket for a special town meeting in West Tisbury next month.

A special town meeting next month in Chilmark will include spending requests related to projects in and around Menemsha harbor, an increasingly busy place every summer.

Students in the up-Island school district will be given more free rein in the near future on choosing which school to attend, the district committee decided this week.

Hy-Line Cruises and Seastreak want to expand passenger service to Martha’s Vineyard next year. Public hearings will be held.

The Steamship Authority board of governors will discuss a full slate of issues, including freight and passenger service between the Vineyard and New Bedford, at their monthly meeting Tuesday morning on the Island. The meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Oak Bluffs Public Library meeting room.