Food trucks likely will never be permitted in downtown Oak Bluffs, according to draft regulations presented at a public reading at Wednesday night’s selectmen’s meeting. At the well-attended meeting, the public and the selectmen spoke out passionately on both sides of the issue — in support of the allowance of food trucks in the downtown area, or in opposition.

While many people out on the Fourth of July will be waiting for the first rocket and loud boom that makes up the fireworks display, it might also be a time to look to the west for a brilliant planet, Venus, the brightest planet in our west northwest evening sky.

Venus will be hugging close to the western sky right after sunset, at about the same place as the sun has set. The planet is tough to spot for many. If the sky is clear, those with a view of the western sky will see it.

There’s a paint-off going on this weekend and everyone is invited to check it out. Called Painting the Vineyard and benefiting The Trustees of Reservations, the event involves local artists painting on site at five Trustees locations on the Island and Chappaquiddick. Artists will be painting at Mytoi, Wasque Point and Cape Pogue on Chappaquiddick; Norton Point Beach (Katama) in Edgartown; and Long Point Wildlife Refuge in West Tisbury. There will be transportation available from the Chappy ferry to the Chappaquiddick sites.

Herbert E. Weber Jr. and Jamie L. Nesbitt-Weber purchased 36 Catboat Lane in West Tisbury for $719,000 on June 17.

Jarret F. Brissette, Mary Z. Brissette and Paul J. Brissette purchased 18 Summer Street in Vineyard Haven for $315,000 on June 19.

Nancy E. Clute purchased 15 Vineyard Avenue in Oak Bluffs for $205,000 on June 19.

Lease LLC. purchased 70 Tellette street in Oak Bluffs for $540,000 on June 18.

Kelly R. Kershaw, 30, was arraigned on charges of interfering with a firefighter, assault and battery on a police officer, disorderly conduct and threat to commit a crime. Charges were filed against Ms. Kershaw after she allegedly interfered with firefighters who were called to fight a May dryer fire at her home.

The Tisbury selectmen voted June 10 to fire Ms. Kershaw.

Offered by Wallace & Co. Sotheby's International Realty
“Chapeda Hill” on Edgartown Harbor – a waterfront residence, perched high on a bluff overlooking the harbor and beyond, with sandy beach, deep water dock and a prestigious location on Tower Hill Road. The main house on the property is spacious and charming, with eight bedrooms and water views from almost all rooms, and was built in the 1930s in the Gambrel style as a family retreat.

Mary Steenburgen saw her first play at a community theatre in Arkansas where she grew up. It was the Music Man, performed by a travelling company and she was instantly captivated.

“I literally could not breathe,” she said in an interview with the Gazette at her home in Chilmark. “I was so transported by it, and it meant so much to me.”

Ms. Steenburgen grew up in a home with “fairly modest means,” and found refuge from family and life challenges in the audience, on the stage and in the wings of the community theatre.