Following weeks of public debate over a plan to install artificial turf fields at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, the Chilmark selectmen on Tuesday voted to refer the project to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission for review.

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission this summer will consider a number of changes to its primary guidelines for controlling development on the Island — including several that would exclude larger commercial developments from MVC review.

Efforts to curb erosion have taken a step forward with the installation of the Island’s first full living shoreline project.

Tisbury residents took their board of health to task during a public hearing on proposed regulations to protect coastal ponds from future development.

A team of scientists and teachers last month deployed a small fleet of devices off Lucy Vincent Beach in the hope of tracking their journey to Narragansett Bay.

The West Tisbury historic district commission has joined town selectmen and many others in raising concerns about plans by the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival to relocate.