Responding to criticism about the police department at the annual town meeting, Erik Blake plans initiatives to improve community relations.

The Edgartown planning board unanimously approved a temporary mobile telephone tower on Chappaquiddick, clearing the way for greatly expanded coverage for AT&T cell phones beginning this summer.

Ayuthia, an 80-year-old wooden sailing vessel, made the first official passage through the new Lagoon Pond drawbridge Saturday morning.

Problems at the capped landfill will be repaired soon, town officials said this week after it came to light that runoff has been coming onto the new Vineyard House campus nearby.

Freight ferry service between New Bedford and the Vineyard will involve costly, complicated planning steps and operational changes, an internal study released by the Steamship Authority said.

With dry, windy conditions, the National Weather Service warns that Martha's Vineyard is currently at high risk for fire, along with most of Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts.