Laura Silber, the housing planner at the Martha’s VIneyard Commission, and James Anthony, the president and CEO of Martha’s Vineyard Bank, were appointed by the state housing secretary to the seasonal communities advisory council.

Less than six months after voting to end paid advertising aboard its ferries, the Steamship Authority board of governors rescinded the decision Monday.

Colleen Morris, the sitting Oak Bluffs town clerk, plans to resign in the new year, but will serve as the acting clerk until the spring election. 

The Friends of Mill Pond announce an art exhibit entitled Celebrating the Mill Pond: Sustaining Serenity Together.

The 23rd annual winter and community concert with the Martha’s Vineyard Family Chorus will take place at the Hebrew Center on Sunday, Dec. 22.

The Oak Bluffs select board this week vowed to take up liquor establishment complaints in a more timely fashion after dealing with a three-month old dispute Tuesday. 

The select board will interview Sonia Alves-Viveiros and Joseph J. LaCivita at noon on Wednesday for the town’s top post, with current town administrator John (Jay) Grande set to step down at the end of the year.

The construction marks the first blade work in five months after one doubled over and scattered thousands of pieces of debris into the water in July. 

The four-chair clinic, located at Mariners Landing in Edgartown, is part of Island Health Care’s mission to increase its primary care and medical services for both children and adults.

Even the Grinch couldn’t help but get in the Christmas spirit Saturday morning for the annual parade through the streets of Edgartown. "Don’t believe what they show you in the movies,” Mr. Grinch said. “I love Christmas and I love kids.”