A bill to amend the Steamship Authority enabling act came under sharp criticism from county leaders on the Vineyard and Nantucket in a rare meeting between the two Islands early this week.

Millions in capital spending to restore the eroding East Chop Bluff and upgrade the town wastewater treatment plant will come before Oak Bluffs voters when they gather for their annual town meeting Tuesday night.

The Aquinnah select board paused its plans to lease Aquinnah Circle No. 9 Tuesday, heeding criticism over the lack of Tribal representation in the town’s decision making process for the site.

State Rep. Dylan Fernandes and former Chilmark police chief Timothy Rich squared off against moped rental business owners at a legislative hearing Tuesday to consider a long-sought bill that would enable Oak Bluffs to ban moped rentals.

Martha’s Vineyard school leaders are strongly condemning an Island resident for his vulgar outburst at an Oak Bluffs planning board meeting Thursday evening.

The North Tisbury bridge, West Tisbury’s narrow pass over the Mill Brook, could soon be widened. Planning board administrator Jane Rossi presented a new concept for the bridge to the select board Wednesday afternoon.