For the first time since the project started, construction on the new Woods Hole Steamship Authority terminal will continue through the busy season, forcing a game of musical chairs for the hundreds of thousands of passengers and motorists coming on and off the ferries. 

The Edgartown District Court issued a summons to inspector Joseph Tierney to appear before the court on July 17 for a charge of assault and battery on a person over 60 or disabled, according to court records. 

The developers behind the controversial housing project in Edgartown are planning to withdraw their application and propose more units targeted at Islanders in the “missing middle” income bracket.

After screening nearly 500 FDA-approved compounds, researchers determined that piperacillin cured mice infected with Lyme disease at a dosage 100-fold lower than doxycycline.

The Steamship Authority has ratified contracts for about 280 vessel employees in recent weeks, giving pay raises across the board and raising the potential for changes to shifts in the coming years. 

The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation is proposing a slower rollout of its plans to cut 175 acres of white pines in the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest after pushback from Islanders. 

Liza Williamson was confirmed as an associate district court judge last week, marking the first time a Martha’s Vineyard resident has been promoted to the bench, officials said.

U.S. Rep. William Keating is asking several federal agencies how many people were arrested on the Island, how they were targeted and if there was probable cause to detain them.

The Trustees of Reservations and a group of Chappaquiddick landowners have brokered a temporary peace as a state court considers the dispute over a gate blocking an oversand vehicle trail to the Trustees’ Cape Pogue properties.