There will be at least two new Vineyard select board members this year as the Island’s annual town elections continue to take shape. 

In a trio of bills filed earlier this year, State Rep. Thomas Moakley requested more staff for the Edgartown District Court, a year-long study into the staffing levels and the condition of the 1858 courthouse, and better access to the state’s housing court for the Vineyard and Nantucket. 

On Sunday, officials confirmed that the turbine at the southernmost end of the Vineyard Wind lease off Martha’s Vineyard was apparently hit by lightning late last week, damaging the already broken blade. 

The constantly blinking lights atop the Vineyard Wind offshore wind energy turbines could soon be turned off for most of the night.  

Vineyard Offshore eliminated 50 positions in the U.S. and Europe, but none on the Vineyard.

Stop & Shop bought the building from a Maryland-based limited liability company and Carol Sugerman Reck in December for $2.2 million.

The state’s pending plan to clear 175 acres of white pine and other trees in the Manuel F. Correllus forest has earned the endorsement of a coalition of Island ecologists, fire chiefs and other conservation groups. 

Last year, a U.S. District Court judge ruled that Golden Bull and its president owe Mr. Silva more than $200,000. In the more than seven months since the ruling, Mr. Silva has not received any money and the court hasn’t been able to get in touch with his former employer.