Aquinnah is not the place to go looking for interesting houses without trespassing. Interesting stories, yes, but the houses visible from the road are few and far between. The exception of course is the Vanderhoop homestead.

Following a long search, the Chilmark selectmen on Tuesday signed a purchase-and-sale agreement for a property behind town hall where the town hopes to build a new fire station. Voters will be asked to approve at a special town meeting next month.

A major overhaul of the state zoning, planning and subdivision laws is gaining support from Island planning board members and members of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission. The changes would bring the state more in line with national standards.

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.

An investment group from Newport Beach, Calif., is the new owner of the boutique hotel created by businesswoman Maggie White on Upper Main street Edgartown.

Although a number of questions went unanswered, Edgartown selectmen this week authorized the town affordable housing trust to buy and resell a home on Metcalf Drive. It marks the first resale in Edgartown of a property originally designated as affordable housing.