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.

Edgartown selectmen unanimously approved all 96 articles on the warrant for special and annual town meetings at their regular meeting on Monday.

Selectmen voted Friday to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Boys and Girls Club related to the planned purchase of 21 acres off the Edgartown-West Tisbury Road.

Selectmen expressed interest but caution in an Islandwide plastic bottle ban.