Select board chair Roy Cutrer beat write-in candidate Mary Bernadette Budinger-Cormie in a vote of 274-139 at Tisbury's annual town election Tuesday.

United Methodist Church Bishop Peggy Johnson came to the Island Monday to meet with the United Methodist Church of Martha's Vineyard, just weeks after the international church conference voted to drop church language that banned same sex marriage and openly gay clergy.

The Steamship Authority Tuesday said it is dropping the Sankaty's three daily weekday round trips on the Vineyard route amid a shortage of qualified crew members.

Tisbury voters moved briskly through their annual and special town meeting warrants Tuesday night, approving all 40 articles including changes to the zoning bylaw and the town's $39,765,401 operating budget.

Voters will consider a zoning bylaw that puts limits on trade-related activities in residential districts when Tisbury town meeting opens on May 28.

Galleries in Edgartown are opening their doors this month, with one of the town’s art mainstays now located at a new address.