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.

The Edgartown and West Tisbury select boards pressed the pause button this week on a draft article to create an Islandwide housing bank, after a review by town counsel raised questions.

Two major projects on the Island cleared key hurdles when select boards in Edgartown and Oak Bluffs awarded separate bids to the nonprofit Island Housing Trust (IHT) and its Boston partner.

The Edgartown select board approved the hotel’s application to close from Jan. 2 until Feb. 2, for facility updates.

After a summer of plentiful fuel for boaters in the Edgartown Harbor, the town select board voted Tuesday to extend R.M. Packer Co.’s lease to sell gas at North Wharf for one more year.