Property tax bills are going up in West Tisbury and so is spending this year, with the town preparing to ask voters to exceed the state tax cap. A proposed town budget is up almost seven per cent, with school spending a major reason.

Mary MacDonald has a short commute to her after-school gig. On days when there is a home basketball game at the regional high school, she walks from the guidance office down to the gym. She sits at a folding table off center court, ready to the call game.

Vineyard Electronics, the only licensed RadioShack dealer on the Island, is bracing for change in light of the announcement Thursday that the national company had filed for bankruptcy.

Chilmark voters early this week unanimously backed a plan for restoring Squibnocket Beach, ending a seven-month public review. It was a striking departure from the contentious annual town meeting last April when an earlier plan was rejected.