The freight ferry went out for repairs in Woods Hole Saturday afternoon and later returned to service.

The Steamship Authority port captain has resigned, boat line general manager Robert Davis confirmed Thursday.

Steamship Authority governors voted unanimously to immediately seek a top-to-bottom independent outside review of boat line operations.

With growing uproar over problems that continue to plague the Steamship Authority, the monthly meeting has been switched to the Vineyard.

In the first third of 2018 549 ferries were cancelled because of mechanical problems, more than triple the amount in the last four years combined.

Frustrated travelers and disruptions in service were again the story for the problem-plagued Steamship Authority over the weekend and into Monday.

The freight ferry Katama remained out of service Wednesday afternoon due to a failed generator. The SSA said technicians were working on the problem.

The Tisbury school building committee voted Monday to ask the Massachusetts School Building Authority for more time to sort through options.

A 39-year-old Chilmark man was killed when his motorcycle hit a utility pole off North Road early Tuesday evening. Lynn Murphy Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene.

An unprecedented streak of mechanical breakdowns, and more recently ferry service that is running chronically late, top the agenda.