After three legal opinions and ongoing disagreement among town boards, Aquinnah selectmen on Tuesday decided to send the issue of whether library employees are eligible to receive holiday pay back to the newly-reconstituted personnel board.

The issue dates back to last summer when the personnel board decided that the library staff — director Jenny Christy and two other employees — should be paid for holidays they were not scheduled to work in the form of compensatory time, much like other employees already receive.

By JIM HICKEY

Acting on the advice of town counsel, West Tisbury selectmen on Wednesday agreed to schedule a special town meeting in early June, where voters will be asked to allow the town to convey three lots in Bailey Park to private homeowners or a group such as Habitat for Humanity or the town affordable housing trust.

The Minnesingers’ was not the only school-sponsored overseas trip upended by the volcanic ash that closed most of Europe’s air space last week.

Another Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School group was on its way to London on a school exchange when the travelers were grounded instead in Dublin. After a few days, the group made their way to England by ferry and ground transport until eventually their host families greeted them — before dawn, days after expected.

John Wightman was along for the ride — on the Minnesingers’ trip to Prague, that is. Mr. Wightman is the husband of Jan Wightman, the director of the choral group at the regional high school that was headed out on its every-other-year trip to perform abroad last week, when the giant cloud of volcanic ash out of Iceland forced the closure of every airport in northern Europe. Hundreds of thousands of air travelers were stranded, including the Minnesingers, who wound up stuck at Logan Airport in Boston. What follows is Mr.

BravÉncore is hosting Seats for Scotland, a gala dinner at the Harbor View Hotel in Edgartown on Thursday, April 29, in an effort to raise money for the travel expenses of the 17 Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School students invited to represent their country in Edinburgh this August, at the 2010 Fringe Festival, the largest theatre festival in the world.

“What’s the word for color?”

Kindergarten and first grade teacher Robin Smith dove head first into her class Spanish lesson at the Chilmark School on a recent Wednesday morning last week, despite not knowing the language. Parent and volunteer Anja May stepped in with the translation, sending Ms. Smith back to her task with the kids.

JANE N. SLATER

508-645-3378

(slaterjn@comcast.net)

Chilmark is gearing up for the annual town meeting scheduled for April 26. Everyone please note that the starting time is 7 p.m. The special town meeting will be at 7 with the regular town meeting following directly after. The special town meeting will require your votes so you are needed at the earlier hour.

MARGARET KNIGHT

508-627-8894

(margaret02539@yahoo.com)

JOHN S. ALLEY

508-693-2950

(alleys@vineyard.net)

The spring flowers are in bloom most everywhere. It was a great weekend, with lots of outdoor activities; a few grills were taken out of mothballs. The baseball field on Sunday hosted a youth baseball game, and the tennis courts were also busy. Short sleeve shirts and shorts were the clothing of choice.

NANCY GARDELLA

508-693-3308

(vhavenvgazette@yahoo.com)