Selectmen gave approval to a preliminary $29.4 million budget, and heard from their town administrator about the need to keep costs in check this year.

Selectmen in Oak Bluffs and Chilmark last night threw their full support behind a plan to add a second two-week shotgun season for deer in January next year.

A West Tisbury woman is facing drunken driving charges after a single-car crash Monday night in Edgartown. Police said Christy Dobson and her passenger were transported to the hospital.

The Vineyard was digging out Sunday after the first snowstorm of the year left almost a foot of snow and largely shuttered the Island Saturday.

The Edgartown planning board voted to refer a large renovation and expansion of the Edgartown Stop & Shop to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission.

The freight ferry Sankaty collided with the Island Home Friday evening while backing into the slip in Woods Hole. No one was injured in the mishap.