The 31st annual Octoberfish tournament is underway for anglers looking for more saltwater competition following the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby finale.

Three seats are up for grabs in the Nov. 19 election, but there is only one contested race.

The appointment comes after two West Tisbury representatives were found to be in violation of internal council bylaws forbidding more than two consecutive terms.

The package of drugs found on Lucy Vincent Beach in July was estimated to be worth between $864,000 and $1.3 million and likely connected with drug cartels in South America, officials said Monday.

Island Cup bragging rights will not be the only trophy on the line this Saturday when Vineyard sports teams travel to Nantucket. This year the field hockey and boys and girls soccer teams will do battle for the Golden Anchor trophies.

At their meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 17, the planning board reviewed a draft bylaw from the short-term rental committee which would limit residents to one short term rental property per person, with 12 weeks total allowed to be rented on a short-term basis.

The Up-Island Regional School District committee last week agreed to hire a principal for Chilmark School to replace school head Susan Stevens, who retires at the end of the school year.

Harbor Homes executive director Kristin Leutz announced Sunday that the nonprofit is withdrawing its application because the zoning board of appeals referred the project to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission for review.

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission this week agreed to allow three previously-denied fireplaces at a mixed-use condominium complex in downtown Vineyard Haven, in exchange for the developer’s pledge to allow no further propane appliances anywhere on the property.

The new turbine — the first of 62 in the Vineyard Wind project, located 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard  — stands up to 837 feet above the water’s surface.