Edgartown Library: A Critical Phase

By MAX HART

The Edgartown library must expand now or else fail the community it serves.

That's the message the board of trustees of the Edgartown Free Public Library is hoping to convey to town officials and voters this week as it starts a critical phase of its push for expansion of the century-old facility. A crucial vote next week will decide the first step in what the board hopes will be a successful bid to bring the library into the 21st century.

A Dancer and His Patron Build New Program, and Studio, Here

By JESSIE ROYCE HILL

In an airy studio redolent of newly sanded wood and fresh paint, 15 teenage dancers surround the floor, their eyes fixed upon a legendary dancer.

Camp Ground Considers Leaseholder Vote

By CHRIS BURRELL

They're demanding universal suffrage, the right of cottage owners in the Camp Ground to choose their leaders, but after a weekend of heavy politicking, a newly constituted tenants' group emerged with only a partial victory.

The 21-member board of directors of the Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association (MVCMA) agreed Friday to explore a proposed amendment to the bylaws - a move that would alter the governance of this historic community in the center of Oak Bluffs.

Along with the Ferris wheel and the tilt-a-whirl, one of the wildest rides of the Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society Livestock Show and Fair th

On a small patch of tar in front of the Oak Bluffs Steamship Authority terminal, where Oak Bluffs avenue, Seaview avenue, Seaview avenue extension and the ferry pier all converge, Officer Matthew Stein is holding court.

There was record turnout at the start of the 143rd annual Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society Livestock Show and Fair, which began yesterday.