Gus Ben David and some of his wild friends stopped by the Gazette as part of its Tuesdays in the Newsroom series, and spent the evening charming and educating a crowd of about 65 people with live snapping turtles, snakes, frogs and salamanders.

Steamship Authority governors Tuesday awarded a bid for a $2.6 million temporary modular terminal building in Woods Hole, another early step in a large reconstruction project at the Woods Hole facility.

Laura Marshard, a Vineyard-based prosecutor with the Cape and Islands district attorney’s office, is facing possible disciplinary action by the state agency that investigates complaints against lawyers.

Vineyard voters turned out in high numbers Tuesday, backing Democratic candidates up and down the ballot and electing Robert Ogden as the new county sheriff and Paulo DeOliveira as Register of Deeds.

Aside from some last minute campaigning and bustling activity at town clerks’ offices, the Island was largely quiet Monday as the clock wound down on an unprecedented campaign season.

Armen and Vicky Hanjian, Methodist ministers deeply involved in the Island volunteer community, are this year’s recipients of the Spirit of the Vineyard Award.