A searing internal review prepared by two longtime Oak Bluffs attorneys concludes bluntly that the former town administrator had no legal authority to award personal service contracts and special one-time bonuses to a variety of town employees.

In the weeks ahead, a group of Edgartown residents plans to take a new step to preserve and protect the town's ancient ways and roads.

As many as 30 volunteers will be sworn in by the town as byway wardens. Their mission will be to keep an eye out for illegal dumping and misuse.

Members Replaced, Town Zoning Board Approves Field Club

By MIKE SECCOMBE

The developers of an exclusive recreational club at Katama cleared the final hurdle to the project on Wednesday night after a sudden change of heart - and members - at the Edgartown zoning board of appeals.

The board voted 5-0 to grant a special permit for the multi-million-dollar Field Club.

When the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe received a telephone call from U.S.

Someone referred to her as the Islander on steroids. Others called her the cruise ship.

Selectmen Back Late Initiative On Restaurant Alcohol Sales

By IAN FEIN

Buying a cold beer on the outdoor deck of the Aquinnah Shop may become a reality, if town voters in the coming weeks support a selectmen-sponsored initiative to allow the sale of beer and wine with meals in restaurants.

Aquinnah selectmen added the question to a March 8 special town meeting as a last-minute warrant article, which, if approved by voters, would start the process of changing the historically dry westernmost town on the Vineyard.