Out-of-control classrooms, last-laugh pranks and papers being thrown to the wind as students stampede through the double doors after the last bell: those are images that come to mind when thinking about the last day of school.

Ambitious Vision for Downtown Edgartown

By MIKE SECCOMBE

The old Navigator restaurant in Edgartown - she ain't what she used to be.

And for all the survivors of overpriced watered-down cocktails and stuffed quahaugs that landed in the stomach like a lead sinker on a codfish rig - that may not be such a bad thing.

While special town meetings in late spring or early summer often are ho-hum affairs called to approve routine housekeeping matters and spending items at the end of the fiscal year, Tuesday's meeting in Oak Bluffs could pack as much punch as the town's annual town meeting in April.

The special town meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the cafeteria of the Oak Bluffs school.

They don't play for money. They don't play for their team or their hometown or even their country. In fact, they don't even play for a trophy.

And while this sometimes silly and always social group who play the up-Island brand of table tennis called Quinapong may seem more interested in chatting with their fellow players than actually playing - don't be fooled by their casual manner. When the plastic ball drops they are all business.

Tribe Casino Plans Remain Unchanged

Aquinnah Wampanoags Are Committed to Gaming Too; But First Mashpee Must Convince State Legislature

By IAN FEIN

The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) remains interested in developing an off-Island casino, tribal council chairman Donald Widdiss said this week.

But before they identify or actively pursue a specific site, tribal members are waiting to see whether the Massachusetts legislature will vote to allow expanded gaming - a step it has consistently rejected in the past.

MVC Votes to Approve Chilmark Housing Plan for Middle Line Road

By IAN FEIN

Holding to its stance that the Island's dire need for affordable housing trumps other planning principles, the Martha's Vineyard Commission last week approved a town-sponsored subdivision tucked in the woods of Chilmark.