It is Sunday morning and Bob Carroll and Eugene (Geno) Courtney are sitting in Mr. Carroll’s penthouse apartment at the top of the Harbor View Hotel in Edgartown.

The fragile good will between the Dukes County commission and
outgoing county manager E. Winn Davis began to unravel this week amid
reports that Mr. Davis had refused to sign an agreement preventing him
from bringing a lawsuit against the county in the future.

Edgartown Volunteer Firefighters Take the Blue Ribbon in Muster

By JACOB KRAMER

Fireman's muster? Gusto a must! Never lackluster. No bluster.
New trucks - no dust or rust! Judging just. Inspires trust. For
guts: Hot dogs with mustard!

Land Bank Revenues Sharply Down

By MIKE SECCOMBE

Martha's Vineyard Land Bank revenues fell some 14 per cent in
the fiscal year just ended, as a result of the downturn in the Island
real estate market.

As it closed the books on the fiscal year yesterday, the land bank
reported revenues for the year ending June 30 were just under $11.1
million, compared with a little over $12.9 million the year before.

The 50 year-old regional high school agreement remains intact,
but the trust that has been its mortar for decades may be broken.

Following a special town meeting vote in Chilmark last week, the
cost of operating the regional high school, for the first time in school
history will be divided among the six Island towns based on a state
formula, rather than the enrollment-based formula spelled out in the
regional agreement.

Two Tidal Projects Gain Speed in Energy Development Race

By IAN FEIN

While the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm continues to grab
headlines and attract political attention, two underwater tidal energy
projects that flank either side of the Vineyard are quietly progressing.

It is 2 a.m. on South Beach in Edgartown on an overcast and chilly
evening in early June.

Summer Beach Party Culture Endures

By JIM HICKEY

It is 2 a.m. on South Beach in Edgartown on an overcast and chilly
evening in early June.

The Fourth of July may not hit for another few days, but the heat
already has been turned on in the kitchen.

The 10th annual Independence Day barbecue is set to start at 4 p.m.
on the lawn of the Dr. Daniel Fisher House in Edgartown.

Chilmark Votes Its Assessment for the Regional High School, Marking
Final Town Needed; Edgartown Lacks Quorum

Two days shy of the start of the new fiscal year, the Martha's
Vineyard Regional High School has a budget. Chilmark voters became
heroes last night when they said yes to an amended high school budget,
marking the fourth and final town approval needed in a tangled regional
school assessment odyssey that has dragged on for months.