Reacting to an April 7 letter from the federal agency, selectmen sounded off about the decision to dredge Menemsha channel despite the town’s objections. “I’m not surprised but I am ticked off,” said selectman Jonathan Mayhew.

The Aquinnah selectmen voted to hire International Chimney to relocate the lighthouse. The Buffalo, N.Y., company was the sole bidder and is already known on the Island, where it moved the Schifter home on Chappaquiddick last summer

Boosting the shoulder season economy was one topic for discussion at the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development hearing Tuesday. The hearing was part of a statewide listening tour.

The town was one of 10 communities to receive a Coastal Community Resilience Grant in a new state program to address climate change. The $200,000 will be used to protect key components of the wastewater system from storm damage.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been looking for an organization to take over the marine mammal stranding program since January, with no response.

The Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts, and Cultural Development will host a public hearing at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center in Vineyard Haven. The public is invited to talk about arts and culture as they relate to the Island economy.