Owners of the Sydney want to build a new 10,000-square-foot hotel with retail space and employee housing in the heart of downtown Edgartown.

For the second time in less than two years, the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank broke a new record for fees last week, collecting $1.12 million in a single five-day period.

The unfinished commercial building in Edgartown will return to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission for review.

The Katama General Store’s off-season make-over got underway Friday as the one-story red building on Katama Road was demolished.

Housing on Martha’s Vineyard and a vision for the future take center stage again this week with a second round of workshops in every Island town. The housing production plan workshops are being sponsored by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission.

Stop & Shop representatives this week formally presented plans for a substantial expansion of the company’s grocery store in Edgartown.