Welcome, Malia

Erin and Mark Goldberg of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Malia Grace Goldberg, born on Nov. 27, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Malia weighed seven pounds, nine ounces at birth. She is welcomed home by her big sisters, Carly and Audrey.

A meaty 20-article warrant will confront voters at an Edgartown special town meeting Tuesday, addressing a proposed trust and accompanying bylaw to govern affordable housing and the potential town acquisition of 180 feet of private beach at Cow Bay, among other issues.

The meeting is set to begin at 7 p.m. at the Edgartown elementary school; moderator Philip J. Norton Jr. will preside.

Chief among the articles is a proposal to extend the Bend of the Road Beach by leasing 180 yards of beach at Cow Bay.

Oak Bluffs voters will consider a number of weighty issues at a special town meeting next Thursday, including whether to hire a firm to investigate the source of treated effluent seeping to the surface at Ocean Park and whether to rescind $400,000 in Community Preservation Act funds previously approved for the Bradley Square project.

Voters will consider a total of 10 articles when the special town meeting convenes Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Oak Bluffs school. Moderator David E. Richardson will preside.

Since 1964, the tall ship Shenandoah has brought picturesque maritime charm to Vineyard Haven, moored in the same place in the harbor. But maybe not for much longer.

The Army Corps of Engineers has written to the owners of the 150-foot wooden sloop, the Douglas family, threatening to suspend the permit for the ship to moor there unless they can come up with some solution that resolves persistent complaints from the Steamship Authority that the Shenandoah is a hazard to ferry operations.

Rose Treat turns 100 on Sunday. At 99, she is genial, relaxed and aware, if a bit hard of hearing. Though she uses a walker to get around, she is energetic and excited to share. She stands no more than five feet tall, and yet the strength of her character fills the room. She is without question an Island treasure. Her history is long and as full of life and variety as the sea by which she lives.

The juggernaut Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School football team continued its ascent toward a championship on Tuesday, easily defeating a talented team from Monument High School in South Boston in the state divisional playoffs to advance to a Super Bowl showdown against Amesbury tomorrow at Bentley University in Waltham.

Tomorrow’s Eastern Massachusetts Division 3A championship game kicks off at 1 p.m.

The longest-running residential tax dispute in Massachusetts history, over the $51 million valuation of a West Tisbury property owned by William W. Graham, has finally ended with a win for the town assessors.

The last chapter in the long legal story closed on Friday with a unanimous decision by the Massachusetts Court of Appeals upholding a 2006 decision by the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board against Mr. Graham.

After five years, a pile of lawsuits and more public meetings than anyone could count, Joseph G. Moujabber’s illegal three-story garage in the North Bluff section of Oak Bluffs started to come down this week.

Merit Scholar

Elin R. Nelson, a senior at Falmouth Academy, has been recognized by the 2009 National Merit Scholarship program after scoring high on the qualifying test. Elin was named a commended student. She is the daughter of Jeffrey Nelson and Dawne Charters-Nelson of Vineyard Haven.

By LYNNE IRONS