Funi Burdick, who heads a national landmark Shaker village in New Hampshire, will take the helm at the Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust.

The West Tisbury planning board Monday night approved a nine-unit affordable housing project just east of the town center, setting the stage for an article on tonight’s special town meeting warrant asking voters to spend $900,000 in community preservation funds to support the development.

Is anyone in the Lambert’s Cove area of West Tisbury missing a male, silver tabby cat?

Robert Davis was named to be the next general manager of the Steamship Authority in a unanimous vote at a special meeting Monday.

The closure covering the Cape and Islands has been lifted, the state Division of Marine Fisheries announced Monday. A toxic shellfish bloom has dissipated.