Architect Reid (Sam) Dunn wants to redevelop a block of four commercially-zoned lots on Uncas avenue into a 10-lane bowling alley with a restaurant, bar, game room and event room. The MVC closed a public hearing Thursday.

The Vineyard Gazette Media Group announced a new development this week with two Island publications devoted exclusively to weddings. Martha's Vineyard Wedding, owned by Hurd Publishing, will become part of Martha's Vineyard Island Weddings.

In a first-of-its-kind program here, the Martha's Vineyard Hospital will hire doctors who are acute care specialists to manage inpatient care. Primary care doctors will no longer shoulder the burden of doing rounds, hospital leaders said.

Property owners in Tisbury may see a reduction in their insurance rates soon. Fire chief John Schilling told the Tisbury selectmen Tuesday that the town had received a rating of three from Insurance Services Offices, a risk assessment company. Insurance providers use data from the company to set rates.

The owner of Sharky’s Restaurant is offering $1,000 gift card for information leading to the arrest of a person who made off with a giant woodcarving of a shark, damaging it and then leaving it in a parking lot. Police are investigating the incident.

The Charlotte Inn in Edgartown was named a Forbes Travel four-star recommended hotel in the 2014 Forbes Travel Guide Star Rating list. The inn takes guests back to the Edwardian era and contains furnishings and art from the 19th century.