We have some very exciting adoption news to report this week.

A Superior Court judge denied a bid Wednesday by neighbors of the Harbor View Hotel to invalidate a recent out-of-court settlement that rewrote a Martha’s Vineyard Commission decision approving a spa expansion at the hotel.

In response to a repeat cease and desist offender leading to the Aquinnah zoning board of appeals' first meeting in years, the town's select board appointed two new members Tuesday, rounding out the five-member board.

Chilmark will undergo a study of its organizational structure to figure out where it is stretched too thin and identify how to adapt to the changing needs of the town.

Artist Saundra LaBell's design was chosen to represent the poster for the 160th Agricultural Fair in West Tisbury, which takes place August 18 to 21.