The commission had its first formal look at plans for a new commercial automotive garage and gave final signoff on demolition of an old house last week.

Island activists and local lawmakers say they will keep the pressure on Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station owners to decommission the aging boiling water reactor quickly and safely, following a decision to close the plant.

The new Steamship Authority ferry will ply the route between Woods Hole and Oak Bluffs beginning next spring, the town selectmen learned this week.

Edgartown selectmen this week balked at eliminating parking and altering the traffic configuration on North Water street to accommodate lines for the Chappaquiddick ferry this winter.

The Oak Bluffs side of Sengekontacket Pond will be closed to recreational and commercial bay scalloping for the 2015-2016 season.

Efforts to bury the power lines at Aquinnah Circle have reached a milestone, with Eversource agreeing to do nearly all the work for a fraction of what the town had expected to pay.