A report card on late bar closings, staff shortages for highway, fire and police, and mooring management in town waters were all topics for discussion with town department heads this week.

General manager Robert Davis continues to please the boat line board of governors, who gave him high grades in his second annual performance review Tuesday on Nantucket.

Edgartown selectmen set dates for the upcoming bay scallop season at their meeting Monday. Family scalloping begins Oct. 1 in all areas; the commercial season begins Nov. 4.

A lengthy government investigation into lead contamination at a Coast Guard housing facility at the West Chop Light has been closed following the issuance of a final report over the summer.

The new school year began with a new three-year contract for Island teachers and support staff. It includes a two per cent increase in salaries across the board.

Capping a lengthy and at times emotional process, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission begrudgingly approved the historic Mill House demolition 13-1 Thursday night.