The project at the capped landfill in Edgartown won the endorsement of the town select board, which voted to enter into contract negotiations with a Framingham renewable energy company.

Chilmark resident Kelly O'Meara steps into new role as executive director of the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance.

The Edgartown park and ride lot will soon become the park, ride and recharge lot as a total of four electric vehicle charging stations will soon be in operation at the site.

A multi-million-dollar project to engineer and stabilize the badly eroded bluff along East Chop Drive has seen its timeline pushed farther into the future, while town officials worry about ongoing deterioration.

When Emily Ellingson, the new curator and assistant director of Polly Hill Arboretum, began work this fall it was something of a homecoming. In 2013, she worked there as a curatorial intern.

A new education center, employee housing and a new vision for the future for Island Grown Initiative were unveiled at a public hearing Thursday night .