For many Islanders, the chairs and benches at the Oak Bluffs Tabernacle are synonymous with the place itself. Now the iconic 19th century seating will be restored.

Chairs and benches at the Oak Bluffs Tabernacle will be restored. Information for senior citizens will enter the digital age. And single-use plastic bags could soon be a thing of the past.

Much has changed in Edgartown in the past 50 years, but one thing has not: at every town meeting and election, a Searle was on hand, wearing a constable’s badge.

Edgartown voters gave a green light to expanding the town historic district and spending for a wide range of town items — but stopped short of approving the town’s portion of $2.5 million to rebuild the refuse district transfer station.

Annual town meetings in Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury and West Tisbury Tuesday night saw action on a variety of issues. Tisbury voters return for a second session Wednesday at 7 p.m..

A $28.4 million operating budget tops the warrants for Oak Bluffs special and annual town meetings Tuesday.