Regional high school junior Dana Jacobs has created the "Sixty-Four Dollar Question," a fun typeface that has been downloaded almost 7,900 times in the last two weeks. Dana is in negotiations with a U.K. company to sell the commercial rights for the font. To see the font or download it for yourself, go to http://www.dafont.com/sixty-four-dollar-question.font.

Emotions ran high at a West Tisbury special town meeting Tuesday night where voters continued the ongoing debate over town rules relating to dog ownership. First voters rejected a proposal to strengthen the town leash law, and then split on the question of whether to pay for enforcement of a new rule that will restrict dogs at Lambert’s Cove Beach in the summer months.

A total of 184 voters turned out for the special session that lasted just over two hours.

After a second week of postseason action, two more Vineyard teams advanced to the next round, while two others had first-round exits.

Both tennis teams advanced to the second round of the playoffs. The girls swept Seekonk in their shortest match of the season Friday and the boys similarly took down Hanover on Monday.

The boys’ matches were held at the Vineyard Tennis Center after rainy conditions forced the competition indoors; time limits on court usage forced the matches to played as eight-game pro sets.

The Edgartown Public Library has a new director.

Jill Hughes, the former executive director of the Connecticut Library Consortium, will start the job June 25. She is replacing former director Felicia Cheney, who announced that she was resigning last December.

Ms. Hughes was introduced to the board of selectmen Monday. After the meeting she said that she and her husband, frequent Vineyard visitors, had wanted to live on the Island, and she has family who are year-round residents.

Venus, the bright planet that has been a presence in our
western sky since winter, is disappearing from view and entering the morning sky. But before it does, it will pass between the sun and the earth and, in an exceedingly rare astronomical event, align with the sun  on Tuesday afternoon.

The transit will be visible on the East Coast shortly after 6 p.m. and won’t happen again until December 11, 2117.

The sun finally broke through the clouds Sunday afternoon to greet the new graduates of the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School as they processed, smiling and holding hands, into a tie-dye-swathed tent. Nine strong, the class of 2012 — Erica Bartlett, Emma Bleiler, Cherilla “Coco” Brown, Aedan Greene, Elias Brown, Gavin Harrer, Anna “Zen” Hughes, Meagan McDonough and Jake Meegan — filed onto the stage to Neil Young’s Old Man, sporting wreaths of blue flowers and clothing of their choice.

A benefit will be held at the Ritz Cafe in Oak Bluffs on Sunday at 3 p.m. for Sophia Periera, an Islander who is battling cancer and must
travel for treatments. Tickets are $20 at the door; there will be live
music, food and raffles. “Help us help her with her fight against cancer — that’s the slogan,” said Janet King, the owner of the cafe who is helping to organize the event.

Nine students will bid farewell to their Charter School education on Sunday in an intimate outdoor graduation ceremony. Th graduation will take place at 1:30 p.m. at the school at 424 State Road. All are welcome to attend.

No casino in Lakeville — that was the overwhelming opinion from voters in a special election held in this southeastern Massachusetts town on Saturday. Turning out in strong numbers for the single-question, nonbinding referendum, Lakeville voters joined their neighbors in Freetown by coming out against the casino planned by the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah). The Vineyard Wampanoags want to build a $167 million casino and resort on 515 acres spanning the two towns.

Travel advisory: Steamship Authority ferry service in and out of Oak Bluffs has been diverted to the port of Vineyard Haven today due to rainy, windy conditions. Detailed information is posted on the boat line’s Web site at steamshipauthority.com. Ferry service between Hyannis and Nantucket was cancelled Saturday morning due to the weather. Vineyard service has been running all day between Woods Hole and Vineyard Haven. There is some traffic congestion around the Vineyard terminals today; if you are traveling on the ferry, allow extra time.