The Martha’s Vineyard Commission this week approved construction of a temporary 104-foot cell tower on Chappaquiddick, a proposal that has divided residents on the small island that lies off the eastern end of Edgartown.

Variations in temperature can affect flowering and leaf-out around the Vineyard, with a distinct lag time up-Island, where colder temperatures usually mean a later spring.

The $2.5 million expansion of the Martha’s Vineyard Refuse District’s central transfer station is on hold for now after Edgartown voted against the project at town meeting.

After 21 years, Dianne Powers will retire this fall from the Edgartown registry of deeds. Lately she has been sharing her office with Honey Bee, the youngest of her four Great Danes.

A proposal to build a wireless antenna on Chappaquiddick heads back to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission Thursday for the second night of a public hearing that began last week.

The town historical commission will delay the demolition of a well-known house thought to have been a British headquarters during Grey’s Raid in 1778.