Barges loaded with heavy equipment and materials for the Woods Hole terminal reconstruction project are berthed so close to slips that ferry captains are canceling some trips out of safety concerns.

At their monthly meeting Tuesday, SSA governors had a chance to weigh in on general manager Robert Davis’s goals for the coming year.

Washed out, repaired, reopened and closed once more over a four-day period last week, the Vineyard Haven end of Lambert’s Cove Road will remain blocked off through the end of the year.

Carlos Teles of Edgartown has won the right to claim Massachusetts vehicle license plate MV 100, after a six-week raffle campaign.

There is still time to get in the running for this afternoon’s raffle of Massachusetts license plate number MV 100. Sales end at 3 p.m.

This year’s Gifts of Art show and sale at the Carnegie in Edgartown opened Thursday with a reception for 10 local painters whose smaller-scale works are sized and priced for gift-giving.

Chilmark Chocolates headed into its final weekend Thursday with a steady series of automobiles pulling up the driveway. After 33 years in business the store closes on Wednesday, Dec. 18.

Passengers and motorists aboard the Steamship Authority ferry Martha’s Vineyard for Wednesday night’s 9:45 trip from Woods Hole had to disembark without traveling after an alarm on the vessel’s steering system went off, communications director Sean Driscoll said.

West Tisbury voters will be asked next year whether they want to spend a significant sum on the town’s local dropoff, or close the facility after upgrades are completed at the regional refuse district.

The Steamship Authority is coming to Vineyard Haven Monday for a help session to answer questions from Islanders about their SSA profiles or the preferred excursion program. The session is scheduled for 3 to 5 p.m. on Dec. 16 at the Vineyard Haven Public Library.