The Rev. Alden Besse, pastor, sailor, president of the Martha’s Vineyard Peace Council and spiritual leader of the Vineyard Crop Walk, died on Dec. 13.

Tony Lombardi, the former director of Alex’s Place at the YMCA, died last Friday morning at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. He was 59.

A long-planned project to pave Meeting House Way is moving along, Edgartown selectmen said Monday, although too slowly for some residents.

The unique Island camp for people with disabilities has been chosen as this year’s beneficiary of the Gazette’s annual holiday subscription promotion.

The regional high school district committee voted Monday to certify a $21.2 million operating budget for fiscal year 2019.