Marking a key step in the concerted push to create a housing bank on Martha’s Vineyard, a draft warrant article was unveiled at an online public forum Saturday morning.

The DJ Henry Dream Fund is sponsoring a new basketball league at the Martha's Vineyard Boys & Girls Club, its first initiative on the Island. The program begins this weekend with a clinic on Saturday.

With the impending retirement of longtime town treasurer Melanie Becker, the Chilmark select board voted unanimously Tuesday to take steps to change the position from elected to appointed. Ms. Becker will retire in January.