The Edgartown select board said Monday it will support a one-time funding formula for a major renovation project at the high school.

In a changing of the guard, Patrick Roden-Reynolds, will take over the Island’s longstanding tick-borne illness prevention program.

Edgartown residents will get a chance to draw and describe their goals for the town’s future at a series of hands-on public engagement sessions starting Feb. 16.

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.

Commercial oyster season begins in Edgartown next week with harvesting on Sengekontacket Pond starting Jan. 17 and running through March.

The Edgartown select board voted to appoint Rob Morrison as the new town shellfish constable Tuesday. Mr. Morrison has been deputy constable for the past 10 years and is a marine biologist and Edgartown native.

Capping weeks of debate, the Edgartown select board voted 2-1 Tuesday to place a revised housing bank article on the warrant for the April annual town meeting.

A revised version of a draft article to create an Island housing bank came before the Edgartown select board Monday, but the board delayed a vote again.

Six Edgartown shade trees will be cut down and replaced in three different locations after the town select board gave its approval Monday.

The Kelley House and its associated food and beverage outlets will close in early January to prepare for a major expansion project at the downtown hotel.