New shellfish regulations and strained tempers topped a three-hour Tisbury selectmen’s meeting Tuesday that had a little bit of everything. It ended with a fire scare in the town hall that drew a ladder truck and two fire engines.

The Massachusetts School Building Authority officially approved plans for the new Tisbury school last week.

Tisbury selectmen are once again considering new rules for short-term rentals ahead of this year’s town meeting.

Bruno’s Rolloff waste management company wants to increase its rates at the Tisbury transfer station, but the town selectmen asked for more information.

Tisbury is set to begin the process of searching for a new police chief, and as part of the search the town hopes to recruit candidates from on and off-Island.

Mark Santon, a Tisbury police officer with more than 25 years of experience on the force, was fired Friday following a disciplinary hearing.

Tisbury selectmen this week said they would pursue zoning regulations to keep gun stores and retail marijuana sales out of the downtown area.

A mix of Islanders gathered Sunday to protest the plan to apply herbicides under power lines on Martha’s Vineyard this week.

The Tisbury building inspector has been cleared for work on the Martha’s Vineyard Museum project, following a written disclosure to the state ethics commission filed last week.

Following the lead of the town of Brewster, the Tisbury selectmen will go to court against Eversource to try to block the planned spraying of herbicides.