The bumpy route to the construction of Chilmark’s first town-owned affordable housing development came to a close last Saturday as town selectmen hosted an open house for residents at Middle Line Road.

Once upon a time, a princess stood on the stoop of Martha and Gerry Yukevich’s William street house in Vineyard Haven. It was Halloween, and the princess was the first visitor of the night.

The flash of golden shovels against piles of autumn leaves heralded the first phase of the Island Housing Trust’s newest affordable housing project in Vineyard Haven, as groundbreaking for the Lake Street project took place last Thursday.

Friday night lights return to the football field tonight for the Vineyarders’ league game against Bishop Feehan. The game begins at 5 p.m.

After being postponed a week due to rain, the annual middle-school quad track meet — this year a pent meet, with the charter school participating for the first time — went off without a hitch last Friday at the regional high school track. West Tisbury, undefeated in the regular season, took first place on the girls’ side, and tied with Tisbury for the win on the boys’ side, despite showing up with a somewhat depleted squad of just five boys.

As the 2011 season winds to a close, look for make-up games to begin dominating team schedules.