After 32 years as the assistant town administrator in Tisbury, Aase Jones will retire at the end of January. Through the years she has witnessed growth and change in the Island’s main port town.

With dredging season in Edgartown coming to an end, Fuller Street Beach has gotten a makeover, and boaters can look forward to safer passage in Eel Pond.

Tisbury voters made short work of a nine-article special town meeting warrant Tuesday night, quickly approving several spending items.

Edgartown selectmen voted Monday to close Cape Pogue Pond to commercial and recreational scalloping, following the recommendation of the town shellfish committee.

At hearings before the Chilmark conservation commission, critics renewed concerns about two beach restoration plans and how they will accommodate an eroding shoreline.

A 51-acre subdivision in Oak Bluffs will not require formal review by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission, but conditions, including to protect the Lagoon Pond, are being worked out.