After eight years of legal wrangling, Edgartown selectmen cleared the way Monday for a new aircraft hangar at the historic grass airfield at Katama.

Friday’s performance by Taj Mahal at the Old Whaling Church was the 68th of 102 scheduled gigs in 2016, a tour pace that keeps him on the road 11 months out of the year. Already this year, he has played in 20 states and nine foreign countries.

A tragic accident last weekend has led to a renewed call to ban or restrict mopeds on the Vineyard. Meanwhile, two young women are recovering from injuries.

Comedian and Chilmark resident Lenny Clarke will headline a performance to benefit the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks at the Portuguese-American Club on Sunday, August 7.

Competing in the 79th Round the Island Race Saturday, the shipshape crew aboard the U.S. Naval Academy vessel Integrity made every second — and every wisp of wind — count.

Noam Chomsky, widely known as one of the most influential thinkers, offered his thoughts on a variety of pressing issues Monday at the Tabernacle.