Island activists and local lawmakers say they will keep the pressure on Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station owners to decommission the aging boiling water reactor quickly and safely, following a decision to close the plant.

The new Steamship Authority ferry will ply the route between Woods Hole and Oak Bluffs beginning next spring, the town selectmen learned this week.

Edgartown selectmen this week balked at eliminating parking and altering the traffic configuration on North Water street to accommodate lines for the Chappaquiddick ferry this winter.

Albert Oram was among a core group who pushed the progressive rock format at legendary Boston radio station WBCN.

The Oak Bluffs side of Sengekontacket Pond will be closed to recreational and commercial bay scalloping for the 2015-2016 season.

A parking ban goes begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday evening on lower Main street and part of South Summer street in Edgartown, while work crews repair electrical lines that failed.