Philip J. (Jeffrey) Norton Jr., the longtime Edgartown town moderator who had led town meetings with a deft hand and dry wit for 43 years, died Saturday at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

Tisbury residents vented about shaking houses, damaged grass, loud noises and heavy traffic during a public meeting Thursday.

Four of the Flying Horses, all injured in service at their eponymous Oak Bluffs carousel, now sit in the woodworking shop of West Tisbury shipwright Myles Thurlow.

We are delighted to report that we have a number of adoptions in the past week.

In an unusual case, four Chappaquiddick property owners are suing the Vineyard Open Land Foundation seeking to bar the nonprofit from selling a three-acre lot near Katama Bay.