Grand Opening

Vineyard KnitWorks is having a Grand Opening Day this Sunday, Nov. 21, with refreshments and door prizes from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at its new retail shop at 10 State Road, Vineyard Haven, next to Educomp.

Security for prisoners on work release programs from the Edgartown house of correction is likely to be tightened up following an incident this week in which a prisoner caught a bus to visit a friend and girlfriend instead of going to work.

Quincy A. Young, who was serving a 30-month sentence for drug and firearms offenses, was allowed out on Sunday to attend a work program at the Farm Institute in Katama. He was supposed to catch a public bus to get there.

A state review of Dukes County has found the current county structure renders it unable to deliver “strong and cohesive management” and recommends Island leaders look to a new model, if they are serious about providing better regional services.

Instead of the current structure, it recommends a council of governments approach, under which the towns would wield much more direct influence.

After several years and tens of thousands of dollars in legal costs, Tisbury has finally resolved its problem with the three poultry-killing huskies belonging to the Garde family. The dogs have been exported to Edgartown.

But the story did not end without more brinkmanship and controversy: a last-minute aversion of a court proceeding, concerns among the dogs’ new neighbors and some claims that Tisbury had dumped its problem elsewhere.

Tisbury police believe they are getting closer to identifying the town’s peeping Tom, who remains active despite publicity about the case and the arrival of colder weather.

Det. Mark Santon said police now believed the man had been active since the summer, peering in windows over a large area of town. The most recent report of his activities came in on Wednesday.