Steamship Authority governors hold their monthly meeting on the Vineyard this week with a full agenda, including an update on an independent review of operations that began this past summer. The meeting begins at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in the high school Performing Arts Center.

As debate heats up over a proposed law to limit patient/nurse ratios in Massachusetts, leaders at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital and Island nurses have joined the fray.

It’s an even-numbered year and midterm election season has arrived in Dukes County as well as around the country.

The deadline to register to vote or change party for the Nov. 6 election is Oct. 17. All town clerk’s offices will be open that day until 8 p.m.

A new initiative to establish group housing for homeless Islanders aims to get off the ground by next spring if funding can be secured.

Tisbury selectmen voted Tuesday night to approve a three-year contract for new police chief Mark Saloio. The new chief will be paid $155,000 annually.