The long-planned purchase expands the Wapatequa Woods Reservation, provides aquifer protection for the town of Tisbury and a greenbelt for residential neighborhoods. The land bank paid $1.5 million for the property.

One day after Edgartown community preservation committee members voted to allocate funds for the town to acquire the Yellow House on Main street, town leaders said they would hold off on the plan. Selectman Margaret Serpa cited the time constraints of working toward the April town meeting.

The John Luce house on Pine street in Vineyard Haven is a rare post-bellum gem occupied by the same family for some 150 years. Soon it will have new owners.

An East Chop 1990s Victorian cottage hidden down a tree-lined avenue, this home has been completely remodeled and rebuilt.

One sycamore maple and three Siberian elms will be replaced as part of an Edgartown house renovation. The elms are 50 feet tall but at the end of their life, an arborist said.