The Martha's Vineyard Land Bank recently bought 31 acres of rare land at Tom's Neck Farm, the culmination of a complicated deal involving multiple sellers, local donors and a financing model that marks a first for the land bank.

The Island Housing Trust annual meeting and forum Saturday focused heavily on the need for decent rental housing. “We have a crisis right now,” said Lisa McGuire, a business owner.

The Wesley Hotel in Oak Bluffs will be sold to Lark Hotels, a boutique chain which operates in New England coastal communities.

A zoning bylaw amendment that aims to allow strictly controlled accessory apartments for use as caregiver and affordable housing has begun to spark debate in Chilmark. The bylaw comes before voters at their annual town meeting April 27.

An Alabama woman was named the new owner of an Edgartown home Tuesday — and millions of other would-be residents were disappointed — as Home and Garden Television announced the winner of the network’s annual dream home giveaway.