At a small gathering in the Oak Bluffs library on Friday morning,
state Sen. Robert O'Leary and Rep. Eric T. Turkington all but
guaranteed financial aid to the four Island towns that will be
negatively affected by a state formula that realigns regional high
school assessments in the coming fiscal year.

The four towns are Chilmark, Edgartown, Tisbury and West Tisbury.
The money would come from a special state fund called the pothole
account.

Red, Gray or Yellow Brick Debated Among Neighbors and at Commission;
Final Approval Is Mere Formality

After countless hours of planning and public hearings, and years of
fund-raising that to date has netted $45 million in cash and pledges,
the renovation and expansion of the Martha's Vineyard Hospital has
come down to one final point of contention - the color of the
building's façade.

Pomp and Circumstance: High School Graduates Take Stage at
Tabernacle

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By KATE BRANNEN

The Dukes County Savings Bank and Martha's Vineyard Cooperative Bank, both respected institutions with long histories on the Island, have confirmed plans to merge and become a single community bank with total assets of $460 million.

Visitors to the Cedar Tree Neck sanctuary might see a brilliant blue starflower, a state-listed box turtle, or a chestnut-sided warbler. If they are very lucky, they could spot a rhinoceros beetle, which is rarely still found on the mainland and with its characteristic horns can lift objects up to 850 times its own weight, making it one of the strongest animals on the planet.

No single word describes this class.

On Sunday at 1:30 p.m., the Martha's Vineyard Regional High
School 2007 graduates will march down the aisles of the historic Oak
Bluffs Tabernacle wearing caps and gowns in purple and white. The
athletes will walk alongside the actors; the musicians will march side
by side with fellow student government leaders. If there had to be just
one word to describe the group, it would be well-rounded.

The Navigator restaurant in Edgartown will not open for business
this summer due to unforeseen complications in transforming the building
into an exclusive private club.

There was no fighting to the top this year. No tooth and
nail-clawing to inch past the next-highest class rank, no daily status
updates with the guidance department computer system, no strategic
scheduling of classes to yield a higher-weighted grade point average,
regardless of interest in the subjects.

Riding the wave of a sudden renewed interest in a possibly ignored
chapter of Vineyard history, an expedition made up of researchers,
diving experts and history buffs plans to travel to Noman's Land
this summer to help determine if Vikings visited here around the year
1000 A.D.

West Tisbury on Tuesday night became the third of four towns needed
to ratify the budget for the Martha's Vineyard Regional High
School.