After more than a year of wrangling among neighbors, the planning board this week approved the demolition of a home at 2 Beach street which is more than 100 years old.

The Dukes County Commission unanimously approved a new contract with the Trustees of Reservations to manage Norton Point Beach this week, ending a recent disagreement over wages.

The Hon. Cornelius Moriarty 2nd said a 2014 decision by the town historic commission to deny the demolition of an old house was deficient.

The scene was celebratory in Woods Hole Wednesday as the oceanographic research vessel Neil Armstrong was welcomed for the first time at her home port.

On April 9 from 1 to 3 p.m. it’s time to get Scottish at the new Edgartown Library for Tartan Day.