West Tisbury voters will decide whether to expand a town affordable housing initiative and spend money on a short list of maintenance projects at a special town meeting next week.

When Kathy Rose was evicted last June, she found herself in a likely predicament. She had read about tiny houses, a growing trend across the country, and when she saw an ad for one in Tisbury she decided to take a chance.

A Sengekontacket oyster project has been such a success that the shellfish department will ask selectmen to open the pond to commercial oystering.

The shelter has two residents in the cat room. Beauty is a long-haired, frosted tip seven-year-old female cat, and she is a true beauty with a delightful personality.

Wall Street Journal sports columnist and former Gazette reporter Jason Gay calls his new book, Little Victories, “a rule book for people that don’t like following rules, an advice book for people that don’t like advice books.”

The Martha’s Vineyard Sharks have named Jessica Burnham as the team’s new vice president.