In a town well known for emotional and sometimes acrimonious town meetings, this year's two-day annual meeting in Oak Bluffs on Tuesday and Wednesday lived up to expectations, as residents debated everything from a new baseball diamond at Veira Park to the regional high school budget.

Wastewater officials in Oak Bluffs say that an article on Tuesday's annual town meeting warrant would bring necessary changes to the department, some critics are questioning the logic of a proposal that would hand considerably more power to the wastewater commission.

Like an ominous dorsal fin appearing behind unsuspecting bathers set to the familiar theme music from Jaws, debate over the Boston Big Game Fishing Club Monster Shark Tournament resurfaced these past few weeks just as the countdown to the summer season began in earnest.

Package Plant Would Treat Growing Wastewater Flows from Existing, Proposed Facilities Along Corridor

Island officials for years have discussed creating some type of a common sewage treatment plant near the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School that would serve the growing number of Islandwide institutions locating along the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven road.

Something about the songs of those sneaky little night peepers we call pinkletinks is both timely and timeless.

Their peeps mark a specific time each year, that window when the world begins to thaw and a promise of warmer days hangs in the air, but they span the years, too, connecting people to their youth, when they trolled through swamps with a net and a mason jar hoping to catch one of the tiny frogs.

Oak Bluffs Town Board Grants Hospital Request for Special Permit to Construct Larger Facility in Eastville Area

The Oak Bluffs zoning board of appeals last night unanimously approved a special permit for the $42 million renovation and expansion of the Martha\'s Vineyard Hospital. The decision will allow the size of the overall campus and the height of the main building to exceed what is normally allowed under town zoning bylaws.