The selectmen on Tuesday strongly backed a proposed bylaw to ban the use of single-use plastic bags in town. The idea will be voted on at the annual town meeting.

The Louisiana shipyard building the new hybrid ferry Woods Hole has notified the Steamship Authority that delivery of the new vessel, expected to start making trips next spring, could be more than two months late.

In October, high school nurse Linda Leonard traveled off-Island to receive updates on medical technology for children with special needs, and stocking nasal Narcan at the schools.

Quelling quorum doubters, West Tisbury voters turned out 156 strong Tuesday night to approve a short list of items, including expanding an affordable housing initiative and money to repair a section of the ailing town cemetery fence.

Oak Bluffs voters zipped through a 15-article special town meeting warrant Tuesday evening with surprising speed, passing every measure with little or no dissent and a bare minimum of debate. The meeting lasted less than 22 minutes.

The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted Tuesday morning to adopt a hybrid test, to be administered in spring of 2017. The new test will be the first overhaul of standardized tests in nearly two decades.