Islanders joined the rest of the state Tuesday in voting to repeal a part of a major education reform that required students pass a standardized test in order to graduate. 

To relieve congestion at the Woods Hole and Vineyard Haven terminals, Steamship Authority management this week recommended extending the boat line’s reservations-only policy to year-round — effectively ending stand-by travel for motorists visiting Martha’s Vineyard.

Throughout the day, voters cited women’s reproductive health, the economy and the lack of better options as some of the deciding factors in their votes. 

West Tisbury artist Elizabeth Greene, best known for her painterly works in torn paper, has just opened a one-woman show at the West Tisbury Library.

The continuing clash over redevelopment of a demolished house in Vineyard Haven reached the Martha’s Vineyard Commission last week, in a public hearing that ran well over three hours and remains to be deliberated.