After 18 years as an Aquinnah selectman, Jim Newman has decided the best way to continue to serve the tiny up-Island town he loves is to step aside for someone new to take his seat.

A request for proposals will go out for a developer for new affordable housing units behind the Aquinnah town hall, after a vote by selectmen Tuesday.

Aquinnah selectmen this week temporarily reduced the town quorum to 10 registered voters for the upcoming special town meeting.

Aquinnah selectmen have set Saturday, Dec. 19 as the new date for a special town meeting.

Family scalloping begins Nov. 1 and a special town meeting will be held Nov. 14 in Aquinnah.

Two new electric vehicle charging stations have opened in Aquinnah.

Lone star ticks — and thousands of their larvae — have overrun the town of Aquinnah, biologist and tick expert Richard Johnson told Aquinnah selectmen Wednesday.

Aquinnah selectmen agreed Wednesday to begin preliminary plans for a modest expansion of the town hall, including the portion of the building that houses the police department.

Leaseholders at the cliffs shops in Aquinnah will pay no rent this summer, the town selectmen decided this week.

The parking lot at Philbin Beach will be restricted to Aquinnah homeowners this summer, selectmen decided at a meeting Monday.