Sitting on Squid Row behind the Texaco station in Menemsha is a pretty good place to be if you want to learn something about fishing.

One week after an Oak Bluffs selectman withdrew his support for the planned roundabout at the blinker intersection, new doubts are surfacing over the future of the project.

Selectman Richard Combra unexpectedly reversed his stance at the regular board meeting last week. Mr. Combra said he thinks the roundabout could create more bottlenecks at the Triangle intersection on the Edgartown end and the State Road intersection on the Vineyard Haven end.

In spite of a tumultuous first three years as Vineyard Steamship Authority governor, Kathryn A. Roessel wants more.

On Wednesday Ms. Roessel submitted a letter to the Dukes County commissioners, formally seeking reappointment to the high-profile volunteer position. Her current three-year term expires at the end of the December.

It has been billed as a native forest restoration project unlike any ever seen, aimed at promoting biological diversity and preventing catastrophic wildfires while improving the health and appearance of the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest.

But for Island conservationist Robert Woodruff, several key issues need to be addressed before the first tree is felled in the new plan to clear away more than 500 acres of dead and dying pine trees from the heart of the Vineyard.

It will be the largest ecological restoration project in the history of New England, said David R. Foster of Harvard Forest.

Dr. Kriner Cash Resigns Superintendent Position After Nine Years on Job

By JULIA WELLS

Vineyard Schools superintendent Dr. Kriner Cash announced unexpectedly this week that he will leave his post after more than nine years to take a job in Dade County, Fla.

Mr. Cash will leave the Vineyard in two weeks; Oct. 15 will be his last day on the job.