A small private airplane landed near the FARM Institute in Katama Tuesday after struggling with its takeoff from the nearby airfield, according to officials.

After taking in thousands of comments, the U.S. Coast Guard is making changes to a plan to remove hundreds of navigation buoys in the northeast.

Work to dedicate a statue to Gus Ben David, the renowned Vineyard naturalist who died last year, is underway in Oak Bluffs. The select board voted last week to approve a statue of an osprey created by Barney Zeitz to be placed at Sunset Lake.

Rico’s Boat Service, which straddles the Oak Bluffs-Vineyard Haven town line at Down Island Farms Road and Holmes Hole Road, is challenging a bill of more than $24,000 from the Martha’s Vineyard Commission for its 1.39 acre project.

Strong winds and high surf conditions from Hurricane Erin are expected to cause disruptions to ferry service to Martha’s Vineyard this week. 

A home on Edgartown-West Tisbury Road is embroiled in a lawsuit that accuses the Uncle Nearest whiskey brand of defaulting on more than $100 million in loans.