Attorneys in the district court have found a loophole for challenging old drunken driving cases because a procedure to advise defendants of their rights may not have been followed.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments this week in a widely-watched case that will decide whether rare coastal heathland along Moshup Trail will be opened up for development.

It was a 10-year tenure that began and ended in controversy, with enough plot twists in the middle to fill a Victorian novel. Sean Flynn, then acting manager, was named manager of the Martha’s Vineyard Airport in December 2005.

The Edgartown conservation commission recently prevailed in a long-running legal dispute with a Chappaquiddick property owner over whether he could build a boardwalk over a salt marsh.

The internationally recognized North Tisbury arboretum has been named to the National Register of Historic Places.

Quelling quorum doubters, West Tisbury voters turned out 156 strong Tuesday night to approve a short list of items, including expanding an affordable housing initiative and money to repair a section of the ailing town cemetery fence.