Edgartown selectmen responded to a threatened legal claim for damages from residents of Simpson’s Lane, who charge the town has created a nuisance and has taken their property rights by allowing the street to be used for the Chappaquiddick ferry waiting line.

Chilmark voters elected Carol (Candy) Shweder to the library board of trustees in the only contested race on the ballot for Wednesday’s annual town election.

Responding to criticism about the police department at the annual town meeting, Erik Blake plans initiatives to improve community relations.

Tisbury voters backed an $825,000 feasibility study toward a new town elementary school at the annual town election Tuesday, which saw low turnout and no contested races.

Tension over spending at the Chilmark School resurfaced this week, when the up-Island regional school committee revisited the topic of how to pay for heating system repairs at the school from last fall.