Two Suspended County Guards Set for Criminal Trials in Court

By James Kinsella
Gazette Senior Writer

Two guards suspended from the Dukes County House of Correction are
scheduled to be tried separately next month in Dukes County Superior
Court on a charge of conspiring to persuade one inmate to attack
another.

One of the suspended guards, Teejay Roginski, is set to face trial
Oct. 5. The other suspended guard, Michael Trance, is scheduled to go to
trial Oct. 17.

Gabe Bergeron almost had a great story about the one that got away.

Fishing Sunday morning with his father, Mark Bergeron, at the annual
Kids' Derby on the Steamship Authority wharf in Oak Bluffs, the
nine-year-old angler hooked a large dogfish that locked him in an
intense eight-minute battle. But the pratfalls of pier fishing cost the
young fisherman his catch.

Jordanian School Principal Pays Visit

By RACHEL KOVAC

Ibrahim Shhab trekked across the world to arrive on Martha's
Vineyard last Wednesday as part of a Fulbright program which takes
school administrators from around the world and sends them to different
countries to learn about education.

Grand Slam Tests Mettle of Derby Anglers

By MAX HART

When Thomas Ronan started fishing the Martha's Vineyard
Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby in the late 1980s, he never thought much
about catching anything other than striped bass.

State officials who oversee the hunting and management of deer will host a rare meeting tomorrow afternoon on the Vineyard - and while there is no formal proposal on the table, spokesmen for the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife said they will accept public comment on the subject of extending the shotgun season for deer.

Questions Continue to Pile Up for Cozy Hearth Housing Plan

By IAN FEIN

The Martha's Vineyard Commission last week stepped up its
scrutiny of an unusual affordable housing subdivision proposed for
Watcha Path in Edgartown.

After taking almost two hours of testimony in its third public
hearing session on the project, the commission sent applicant William
Bennett of Chilmark away last Thursday with a growing list of questions
and asked him to return with more detailed answers at another public
hearing next month.

Town waterway regulations were the topic of discussion on Tuesday night when members of the Tashmoo management committee, the harbor management committee and the general public met with the Tisbury selectmen.

In a special working session, the selectmen asked for public comment to clear up confusion over town mooring regulations, especially in Lake Tashmoo. The meeting was scheduled after a summer that saw several public disputes over increased rule enforcement at Lake Tashmoo.

Reading Rainbow: Books in Boxes, Library Moves to New Space

By RACHEL KOVAC

Boxes litter the large meeting room of the new Oak Bluffs library on
Pacific avenue. Marked carefully with numbers, each box is filled with
books that will slowly make their way onto shelves in the days and weeks
ahead.

Mitigation Plan Saves Rare Plants Alongside Purple Tiger Beetles; Sandy Pathways Are Created Across West Tisbury Road

Consider the outlook of a purple tiger beetle living at the Martha's Vineyard Airport.

For the beetle, life has been good. The climate is agreeable. Its ancestors have made their home there for generations. Best of all, there's been a nice sandy path where the beetle, a carnivorous sort, can more easily spot its meals moving along.

A longstanding land use battle off Moshup Trail in Aquinnah
resurfaced on another front this week, when the town conservation
commission took up the application of a landowner who wants to build in
and around a wetland.