Louisa Hufstader

Island voices have joined the annual chorus of Falmouth residents who say the Steamship Authority’s seasonal 5:30 a.m. freight departure for Vineyard Haven causes unacceptable levels of early-morning noise from trucks.

Tisbury is on its way to having a three-member select board once again, with two candidates vying in the May 12 election for a three-year term on the board.

Less than four months after starting his job as Steamship Authority general manager, Alex Kryska has already lost count of how many times he has visited Martha’s Vineyard.

One of the largest subdivisions to come before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission in recent decades is approaching the conclusion of its 13-month-long public hearing before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission.

The Islandwide vote on the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School renovation and addition — the largest public construction project in Island history — is less than three weeks away. On June 2, Vineyard residents will weigh in on the future of the school, which was designed during the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and opened in 1959.

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission has ended its long-running public hearing on the proposed Katama Meadows project in Edgartown, although written testimony is being accepted until 5 p.m. May 28.

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission last week continued its public hearing on a proposal to build 15 apartments for year-round tenants in three buildings behind the Dairy Queen dessert shop on Upper Main street in Edgartown.

School officials, district architects and advocates for the proposed overhaul of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School are warning that a rejection of the project at the Islandwide vote next month could still leave taxpayers with more than $200 million of renovations in the future.

On June 2, voters will determine the future of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, when they go to the polls to weigh in on the proposed renovation and addition for the 67-year-old school.

The oldest ferry in the Steamship Authority fleet, M/V Governor, is set to go on the market this fall after spending one last summer as a backup boat on the Woods Hole-Vineyard Haven route.