A last-ditch effort by Edgartown attorney Benjamin J. Hall to stop the expansion of the Edgartown Stop & Shop was dismissed this week by a Dukes County Superior Court judge.

Denise Schepici, who was hired as CEO and president of Martha’s Vineyard Hospital in 2018, will become the Island hospital’s president and chief operating officer, reporting to a pair of Mass General Brigham officials.

After vowing that Tuesday’s online opening for auto reservations for the Martha’s Vineyard route would run more smoothly than the chaotic Nantucket opening day, the results did not bear out the promise.

Rockland Trust bank has launched its annual scholarship program to support part-time or full-time undergraduate students.

Applications are available for the Renaissance Retreat for Writers and Artists in Oak Bluffs.

Dozens of bills aimed at increasing affordable housing statewide have been filed since the Massachusetts Legislature entered its 193rd this month, including two that would create the Martha’s Vineyard Housing Bank.

Voting for the Tisbury Select Board’s interim third member takes place Tuesday from noon to 8 p.m. in the town’s Emergency Services Facility on Spring street.

With scotch in hand, David Rhoderick approached the podium in the Baylies Room of the Old Whaling Church Saturday evening, adjusted the microphone and proclaimed the Ode Tae a Haggis.

The town has access to $304,000 in American Rescue Plan Act and a warrant article for the Howes House proposal will be presented at this year’s spring town meeting.

Feb. 17 is the deadline to submit artwork for the cover of the Oak Bluffs 2023 annual town meeting warrant and the 2022 town meeting report.