Julian Cyr is a native of Truro who has been active in politics since high school.

Dylan Fernandes defeated four challengers in the September Democratic primary, winning 1,337 votes from the Island. He calls the state representative’s seat his dream job.

Tobias Glidden, a fifth generation Nantucketer, is running for Cape and Islands state representative as an independent candidate. But if elected, he said he intends to work with the Democratic party.

Oak Bluffs selectmen accepted an offer from a town businessman to give up his license to rent mopeds. And for the Island Theatre, time is running out.

Residents whose property abuts Pennywise Preserve asked the Edgartown selectmen this week to put up a new streetlight and close a dirt road.

Voters were waiting outside early voting locations before they opened in several Island towns Monday morning, as Massachusetts town clerks officially started collecting ballots two weeks before the traditional election day.