With frustration bubbling over among all parties, Edgartown officials made their case Wednesday for a proposal to acquire the dilapidated Yellow House in the heart of downtown.

As Oak Bluffs selectmen prepare to hold hearings to review licenses of three rental moped companies, their town counsel has advised that effectively banning moped rentals would violate state law.

On Monday the stars aligned for a juvenile gray seal with a considerable amount of commercial fishing net wrapped around its neck and three natural resources officers called to its rescue.

A West Tisbury man will face charges including leaving the scene of property damage, police said, after a crash that damaged an Edgartown home.

Debate about moped rentals and town enforcement flared up again in Oak Bluffs after the owner of a moped rental company asked for a waiver of the town’s requirement for a test track on his properties.

Edgartown selectmen have come to an agreement with a regional energy collective after an earlier impasse about how the town would contribute to the organization.