Thomas Andrews, Jill Petranek and Robert Petranek purchased 5 Rock Pond Road for $466,000 on June 10.

Esther L. Davis purchased 133 Franklin Terrace for $460,000 on June 14.

Jil M. Matrisciano purchased 47 Howard Street in Vineyard Haven for $550,000 on June 10.

It sounds like the set-up for a joke: how many Jewish rugby players are there in America?

But that was the question Menemsha native Jasper Wilson asked himself last fall as he pursued try-outs for the American rugby team traveling to the World Maccabi Games in Israel this July.

After years of financial struggles, Oak Bluffs is poised to make up a $600,000 deficit in free cash by the end of June, town administrator Robert Whritenour announced to the selectmen last week.
“If we only collect [the same revenue in June] as we collected last June . . . we will meet that goal,” of “wiping out” the deficit, Mr. Whritenour said.

A complicated arrangement that will require the town of Edgartown to put additional land under a conservation restriction in exchange for expanding an old hangar at the Katama Airfield was back up for discussion this week, with the town counsel asking for further thought about the deal.

Colleen Bisi and Peter R. Bisi purchased 5 Sages Way in Oak Bluffs from Marion Lavoie, formerly known as Marion Malliet, for $215,000 on June 12.

Acreage:  1.01

Asking Price:  $250,000 

Assessed Value:  $291,100

Residential/Land/Commercial: Land

Lorraine Drake-Wilson purchased 103 Barnes Road in Oak Bluffs for $510,000 on June 10.

Emily F. Braun and Andrew J. Frackman purchased 10 Valley Lane in Chilmark for $2,050,000 on June 14.

Andrew Larsen of Chilmark graduated cum laude with a bachelor of science degree in audio engineering and recording arts from the New England Institute of Art in Boston.