Numbers published in various publications have been as high as 200,000. To try and get a more accurate take on the elusive figure, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission went to work.

The Trustees of Reservations and the Edgartown zoning board told the state they wanted to pause their ongoing lawsuit after working out a course of action for the Trustees to file an application with the town. 

A Cape Cod judge is considering the Dukes County sheriff’s request this week to toss out a lawsuit filed against him by the Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office. 

Unofficial results had Thomas Moakley winning the Democratic state representative primary over Arielle Faria by a vote of 3,498 to 2,720.

The race between Arielle Faria and Thomas Moakley for the Vineyard’s state representative seat will be decided Tuesday as Islanders head to the polls for the biennial state primary.