New shellfish regulations in Chilmark aim to better monitor the 10 oyster grants in Menemsha Pond and protect inshore fisheries.

The Army Corps of Engineers terminated its contract with J-Way Inc. Dredging equipment has been left behind in Menemsha Channel and along Lobsterville and West Basin roads.

The board of health is considering rules that would hold property owners accountable for wastewater from new development in two pond watersheds.

Leading water quality experts gathered for a daylong conference at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury Thursday to lay out some of the solutions to declining pond health on the Vineyard.

The unfinished project in Menemsha Channel has come to a new impasse as town officials and the Army Corps of Engineers sort their options for dealing with equipment that the contractor has left behind.

In the only contested race during Wednesday's town election, Aquinnah voters elected Gary Haley to a three-year term as selectman.