The Chilmark conservation commission gave property owners along Stonewall Beach permission to relocate their homes and bolster the deteriorating cliff. But, upset with what they consider burdensome limits on the plan, the homeowners have filed an appeal.

The board voted unanimously on Tuesday to have town staff start working on a request for proposals for the operations of the center in the summer of 2026. The board also voted to expand the community center advisory committee from three voting members to five. 

State Sen. Dylan Fernandes, a Democrat from Falmouth, filed a bill at the start of the legislative session that would only allow members of the ferry line’s oversight board to serve three terms.

A dispute over the permitting process for the large proposed Green Villa housing project in Oak Bluffs was decided by state officials in Boston late last month, though several legal questions remain. 

Massachusetts has joined forces with 16 other states to push back against the Trump administration’s executive order that halted the permitting of offshore wind energy projects. 

A U.S. Coast Guard plan to remove hundreds of navigation buoys in the northeast, including about 20 around the Vineyard, Woods Hole and Gosnold, has raised concerns with some Island mariners.