A bill that would allow the town of Oak Bluffs to ban rental mopeds is set for a hearing on Beacon Hill this morning. The home rule petition will come before the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government.

The Manuel F. Correllus State Forest holds a long, complex history in its densely packed thickets of pitch pine and scrub oak.

Red, Right, Returning: When returning to harbor, keep the red marker on the right side of the boat.

At the Gazette’s monthly off-season speaker series, Tuesdays in the Newsroom, Gazette archivist and librarian Hilary Wallcox highlighted that collection, offering rare insights into nearly two centuries of news coverage.

Susie Wallo will receive the Spirit of the Vineyard Award at a Dec. 3 ceremony at the Portuguese American Club in Oak Bluffs.

Tisbury could reap hundreds of thousands of dollars a year from short-term rental property registrations that became mandatory when the state passed its short-term rental tax last year.