An Edgartown woman is expected to make a full recovery after rolling her vehicle and spending much of the night outdoors in sub-freezing temperatures Sunday.

The Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory has become part of a new long-term program aimed at better understanding ocean ecosystems and climate change.

Health care, immigration, the federal budget and the general tenor in Washington these days were all topics for discussion Monday during a daylong swing through the Vineyard by Cong. Bill Keating.

Ballots are shaping up in for spring town elections on the Vineyard, with contested selectmen’s races in West Tisbury and Oak Bluffs. Edgartown voters will see a two-way contest for the planning board.

Converting existing market-rate properties to year-round affordable housing is on the table for discussion in at least one town as Island leaders regroup over draft housing plans.