Falling 20 voters shy of a quorum, the Edgartown special town meeting was rescheduled for next Tuesday, Nov. 1. “Bring a friend,” Edgartown selectman Arthur Smadbeck advised the 139 voters who had assembled to no avail at the Old Whaling Church Tuesday night.

The 15-article warrant contains a number of key issues, including a request for money to commission an appraisal for the Capt. Warren House with an eye toward a possible sale, and a request to convert the old silos at Katama Farm into cell towers.

Because of an administrative mix-up, a man charged with drug offenses was mistakenly released from the Dukes County jail this week but arrested less than 24 hours later when an Oak Bluffs police officer spotted him headed to the mainland on the ferry, authorities said.

A thin crescent moon appears low in the southeastern sky tomorrow morning, in the zodiacal constellation Leo. For early risers, the moon appears just east of the red planet Mars. It is also near the bright star Regulus to the east. The new moon phase begins in five days.

Temperature: Precip.

Day Max. Min. Inches.

Fº Fº

Oct. 14 71 63 .70

Oct. 15 73 57 .18

Oct. 16 68 57 Trace

Oct. 17 66 55 .12

Oct. 18 65 55 Trace

Oct. 19 68 55 .00

Oct. 20 70 61 1.67

Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 66º F.

In the last weeks of the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby, Steve Purcell got phone calls from around the Vineyard — and around the country. “They asked me, where was I?” Mr. Purcell said.

Community Grants

The Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank Charitable Fund with the Permanent Endowment for Martha’s Vineyard has awarded $11,000 in grants to eight community groups this fall.

Organizations receiving grants were Adult and Community Education of Martha’s Vineyard, Aquinnah Cultural Center, Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Friends of Edgartown Council on Aging, Island Elderly Housing, Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society, Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival and YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard.

As the 2011 season winds to a close, look for make-up games to begin dominating team schedules.

Lisa Knight played only one year of field hockey in high school.

For those familiar with the field hockey program at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, the statement might seem so ludicrous as to require a punch line afterwards — surely, you can’t be serious.

After weeks of foraging, hunting and clamming, on Sunday Vineyard chefs from both amateur and professional ranks made good on their charge to serve up the wildest food the Vineyard has to offer.