Enrollment in Island public schools has remained relatively steady this year, the recent annual school census shows, with Oak Bluffs and West Tisbury showing slight growth and the high schooling showing a slight drop. The school census is conducted every year on Oct. 1.

Tisbury selectmen appointed a department of public works advisory board Monday evening in the wake of new legislation placing the DPW under their control. Ian A. Aitchison, George J. Balco, Thomas W. Pachico, Tomar Waldman and David Willoughby will serve through June 2016.

More than 100 people gathered at The Seafood Shanty Saturday night to support Olivia Hart, a 22-year-old Islander who needs a heart transplant. The event raised more than $38,000.

Presented with a petition to lower the speed limit on Beach Road, Tisbury selectmen said this week they would support the initiative and pass it along to the state.

Expanding a town affordable housing initiative, making repairs to town buildings and fences and paying old bills are all on the docket for a special town meeting in West Tisbury next month.

Mornings at Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School begin just as they did 19 years ago when the doors first opened. The whole school, including teachers, administrators and students from high school to kindergarten, sits together on the floor of the hallway, a stretch everyone calls Main street.