Edgartown has the legal right to move forward with acquiring the Yellow House, a Boston attorney representing the town said this week.

Journalist and educator John Kennedy discussed the origins and implications of fake news, and offered a prescription for how to stay afloat in a sea of often misleading online information.

Saying it had not received enough public airing, Tisbury selectmen voted last night to pull a bylaw from the town meeting warrant that would regulate rental properties in town.

A plan to rebuild a historic home in Vineyard Haven has come under scrutiny from the Martha’s Vineyard Commission, which has asked developers for more information.