Bond movies are fun to watch. It’s a little different when your life becomes one. But for the past year that has been the case for Elizabeth Whelan.

With the moped rental season set to end Oct. 14, residents and town officials are reporting far fewer of the scooters on Island roads compared with seasons past.

Dukes County Superior Court is set to convene its fall session on Oct. 7, with three pending criminal matters and a civil case brought by neighbors of the Harbor View Hotel on the docket.

Aquinnah will postpone a special town meeting originally scheduled for Oct. 8 due to the Jewish high holiday Yom Kippur, and Cranberry Day potluck set for that night. The meeting is now set for Oct. 22.

At least seven passengers are presumed dead after a vintage World War II-era B17 bomber that came to the Martha’s Vineyard Airport two weeks ago as part of a traveling exhibit crashed in Hartford, Conn., Wednesday.

Construction began Monday on the first six permanent traffic counters throughout the Island, providing access to new data.