The Edgartown Fourth of July parade roared back Monday after a two-year hiatus, with Island institutions turning out in the historic Vineyard tradition.

Richard W. (Richie) Smith will start his new job as superintendent of schools for Martha’s Vineyard July 1 with a first-year salary of $186,500, under a two-year contract approved Tuesday.

Amy Houghton, chairman of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee for the past year, has resigned her post as a committee member representing Tisbury.

The Edgartown Fourth of July parade and fireworks show are back after a two-year pause. The select board unanimously approved the annual rite of summer at its meeting Monday.

Two conflicting views on the broad powers of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission to regulate development were aired in the weeklong civil trial which wrapped up on Tuesday.

Close to a hundred protesters gathered at the Five Corners Saturday expressing their disapproval of the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe V. Wade.