On April 10, Edgartown moderator Philip J. Norton Jr. will hold the gavel for the last time at the annual town meeting, 43 years after he was first elected.

New shellfish regulations and strained tempers topped a three-hour Tisbury selectmen’s meeting Tuesday that had a little bit of everything. It ended with a fire scare in the town hall that drew a ladder truck and two fire engines.

Chilmark’s long search for a suitable spot to build a new town fire station could well end up back where it began: where the town hall and firehouse sit side by side.

Aquinnah voters Tuesday night took the first step toward changing their town assessors from elected to an appointed board and agreed to spend money on improvements around the Gay Head Light.

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank has announced the acquisition of a 22.4-acre property in West Tisbury for $3 million.