By their very nature, fireworks shows have exclamation points after their name, but tonight’s event in Oak Bluffs already has a few question marks.\

Convinced there's no way to make rental mopeds safe on the Vineyard, Oak Bluffs selectmen this week threw their support behind proposed state legislation that would require anyone renting a moped to have a motorcycle license.

Despite winning unanimous approval from the Martha's Vineyard Commission this spring, a plan to build a youth tennis center near the blinker light in Oak Bluffs now faces an uphill battle to win approval at the town level.

Not even a last-ditch effort - complete with a petition, more rhetoric and a town health official's surprising endorsement - could stop the smoking ban that went into effect Sunday in Island bars.

Special town meetings are supposed to be tame housekeeping affairs, but Thursday's session in Oak Bluffs will steer voters into some dicey territory — asking them to reconsider the ban on smoking in bars and to release $110,000 to settle unspecified lawsuits against the town.

Casey Sharpe, the executive secretary in Oak Bluffs, has announced she will resign her position effective Sept. 30, leaving selectmen to search for yet another top manager to guide their town.