The Arts District on Dukes County avenue in Oak Bluffs invites
everyone to crawl with them evert Thursday evenings in July. All the
galleries will stay open late for lingering over art with the artists,
gallery owners and friends. The first evening crawl is this Thursday, July 5.

Katherine Rogers, a New Hampshire attorney who was selected to serve as Dukes County manager by the county commissioners last week, will not accept the position. She informed the County of her decision on Thursday morning.

“She is unable to accept the position due to pressing medical problems that she must deal with first,” said Melinda Loberg, chair of the board of commissioners. “There is an unknown time frame for that, so it’s hard to predict when she might be available.”

0 Signal Hill Lane in Chilmark sold for $1,800,000 on June 29

20 Cardinal Way in West Tisbury sold for $907,000 on June 29

63 Otis Bassett Road in West Tisbury sold for $672,500 on June 29

2 Katama Farm South in Edgartown sold for $1,600,000 on June 29

8 Garrett Way in Edgartown sold for $1,450,000 on June 29

4 Beach Plum Meadows in Edgartown sold for $2,460,000 on June 29

A small gas leak at Church’s Pier in Oak Bluffs saw a quick response from the Oak Bluffs fire department on the afternoon of July 4.

Oak Bluffs fire chief Peter Forend received a call from the owner of Nancy’s restaurant at 4:14 p.m. reporting the leak. He said the leak originated from the holding tank at the fuel dock. The line was shut down immediately and foam was dispersed to prevent a fire hazard. A boom was placed in the water to contain the leak.

Five people were injured when two cars collided on Barnes Road Wednesday afternoon. State police said three people were taken by medical helicopter to Boston hospitals, and a 21-year-old New Hampshire woman was in the hospital Thursday afternoon with life-threatening injuries.