With extreme regret and "hoping she'll change her mind," the regional high school committee accepted principal Margaret (Peg) Regan's resignation on Monday night and made some decisions on how to proceed with the search process for a new principal for Martha's Vineyard Regional High School.

The Joint Committee on Consumer Protection will hold a public hearing in Boston next week on the town of Tisbury's home rule petition to license the sale of beer and wine. The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 10 a.m. in room B1 at the State House.

The public is welcome to attend and offer testimony. Cape and Islands Rep. Eric T. Turkington suggests that people interested in speaking contact the committee in advance at 617-722-2030.

An electrical failure was blamed for Monday’s collision between the freight ferry Governor and the new passenger vessel Island Home in the Woods Hole slips.

Carl Walker, director of maintenance and engineering for the Steamship Authority, said a circuit board blew, causing the Governor to lose its bow motor and steerage.

The fine equated to only about $1.35 per day for each day Francis M. Palma’s house posed a health threat in Ocean Heights. Even so, over 12 years that adds up to a hefty sum.

And the $6,000 he was ordered to pay by the Edgartown board of health last Thursday is only a small part of the total cost of Mr. Palma’s long defiance of town authorities.

Welcome Isabelle

Tina Humber-Floyd and Colin Floyd of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, Isabelle Cooper Floyd, born on Sept. 24 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Isabelle weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces at birth. She is also welcomed by brother Drew Moreis and sister Matti-Lyn.

The legal battle over an affordable housing initiative on Chappaquddick ended quietly late last month when a group of abutters who want to block th