The Martha's Vineyard Commission last week closed its public hearing on the Martha's Vineyard Shipyard's proposal to build a new workshop on Holmes Hole Road.

Champion sailor Nevin Sayre of Vineyard Haven notched a new record Friday when he became the first person to wing-foil around Martha’s Vineyard.

 The Martha’s Vineyard Commission’s executive director turned away requests from the Tisbury planning board for the commission to take up two controversial building projects, saying they don’t meet the MVC’s threshold for developments of regional impact.

Jason B. Teuscher, of New York, has taken over the company name with the apparent intent to sell chocolates, causing dismay among people involved in the original company.

Island students went back to school on Tuesday, some heading to a newly refurbished school in Tisbury, and others meeting new principals at the Edgartown, Chilmark and Oak Bluffs schools.