Dukes County manager Russell Smith announced on Wednesday that he will resign.

Calling it a mutual agreement with the county commission, Mr. Smith said his resignation will take effect May 1 when his current contract runs out.

He has held the job since April 2008.

For the third year in a row, the boys’ varsity basketball team will hang an Eastern Athletic Conference championship banner in the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School gym.

Voters in all six Island towns will now have the opportunity to voice their opinions on the Oak Bluffs roundabout this spring.

Selectmen from five of the six towns have agreed to place a non-binding resolution on their town ballots. The resolution asks voters whether they approve of the proposed roundabout at the blinker light intersection in Oak Bluffs. Aquinnah selectmen have yet to add the question to that town’s ballot, but town clerk Carolyn Feltz said Wednesday morning that she had certified a petition for the question.

Edgartown wastewater plant manager Joseph Alosso resigned Tuesday, bringing to an end a tenure that culminated in a scathing report from special counsel last week alleging Mr. Alosso had acted with “reckless disregard” for Edgartown taxpayers through lax billing practices at the plant.

Robert Whritenour, who has served as interim town administrator in Oak Bluffs since September, has been permanently appointed to the position by the town selectmen.

At a meeting Tuesday Mr. Whritenour earned glowing praise from the selectmen, who voted unanimously to appoint him. After the vote, the selectmen and an audience of about 10 people applauded.

Mr. Whritenour was chosen from a pool of 31 applicants, with four candidates going through the final interview round.

The Oak Bluffs wastewater commission Tuesday rescinded a recent decision to eliminate plant manager Joseph Alosso’s position, instead forwarding a recommendation to the town selectmen, who have the authority to make such a decision.

An unusual possible conflict of interest could delay a Martha’s Vineyard Commission vote this week on a plan to build a solar canopy over the parking lot at Cronig’s Market in Vineyard Haven.

The applicant for the development project is the community-based energy cooperative Vineyard Power. Of the 15 voting members of the MVC, 11 are members of the cooperative. On Monday land use planning committee chairman Doug Sederholm announced that the commission must wait for an opinion from the state ethics commission before voting on the project.

The Permanent Endowment for Martha’s Vineyard is now accepting applications for its 2012 educational scholarships.

Seventeen scholarship funds are administered by the permanent endowment, which will be awarding scholarships to both high school seniors and Vineyard students currently enrolled in college or graduate school. Last year, $144,300 in scholarships were awarded to 63 Island students, with awards ranging from $500 to $5,000.

Authors of a new book documenting the first 150 years of the agricultural fair are looking for missing premium books throughout the years. Susan Klein and Alan Brigish are in search of the fair booklets from 1872, 1919 through 1925, 1929 through 1940, and all of the 1950s and 1960s. Booklet owners can contact Ms. Klein at 508-693-4140.

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