A large anchor, possibly dating back to the 19th century, was pulled out of the outer Edgartown harbor late Tuesday afternoon. Donald Benefit, an Edgartown conch fisherman who found the anchor, raised it from the waters between the Edgartown and Cape Pogue Lighthouses. It was too heavy to lift out of the water, so he towed it to the town dock, where boat and anchor spent the night.

West Tisbury selectmen on Wednesday approved a new policy for the police department’s use of nonlethal weapons, gave the roads and byways committee a green light to nominate two ancient ways as districts of critical planning concern (DCPCs) and again debated who should sit on a police headquarters study committee.

The topic of the study committee has been a sticky one.

The first youth delegates to the Vineyard Youth Summit for Sustainable Development have been named and will meet this week ahead of their June summit.

Delegates include Oscar Thompson, nominated by the Martha’s Vineyard Charter School, who is interested in the environmental challenges facing the Island, specifically nitrogen runoff from fertilizers and septic systems.

I n August the reeds just beyond the open door to the Mugwump shed sway and hiss in a warm breeze off the lagoon. Inside the building, the shape of the hull that the skeletal framing only hinted at a month before begins to reveal itself, plank by plank, as the crew sheathes it from keel to deck.

“I love putting on the first two or three planks,” says Ross, who comes to Mugwump with business for Nat. “There’s nothing more rewarding than watching the shapes develop as you’re twisting and bending them on there.”

Commended List

Headmaster Jay Stroud has announced the Commended List at Tabor Academy for the first semester of the 2009-2010 academic year. On the list are: Alex Nugent, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Nugent of Edgartown, and William Kadison, son of David and Christine Kadison of Vineyard Haven.

Chilmark resident and Gazette photographer Peter Simon was a member of the graduating class of Boston University in 1970. The only trouble was, he never actually graduated. A student strike that followed the Kent State killings that year led to the cancellation of graduation ceremonies. Instead, students received their diplomas in the mail. Now, 40 years later, Boston University has decided to give the class a formal graduation to make amends.

The Hillside Village community center is the last place one would think of going to sit in a dentist chair. But recently, the community center, a living room and kitchen were turned over to Dr. Ghassan Khoury, 43, a dentist from Lexington with a growing following. To his friends, to his patients, he is Dr. Gus.

Sportsmanship Award

Tim McHugh received the F. Paul Bogan Memorial Sportsmanship Award from the Northeast-10 tennis conference. He is a junior at Merrimack College. The men’s tennis team qualified for the NCAA Division 2 tournament to be played at Queens College May 6 and 7. He was also selected to the All-Conference team.

Tim is the son of Connie and Leo McHugh of Edgartown and is a 2007 Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School graduate.

With its strong history of winning records and qualifying for the state tournament nearly every year, the boys’ tennis team is a perenniel standout.

And this year the team under longtime coach Ned Fennessey is having perhaps its strongest season ever, winning the league title in their first year in the Eastern Athletic Conference with a remarkable record of 12-2 overall and a perfect 7-0 in their league.

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