At a small gathering in the Oak Bluffs library on Friday morning, state Sen. Robert O'Leary and Rep. Eric T. Turkington all but guaranteed financial aid to the four Island towns that will be negatively affected by a state formula that realigns regional high school assessments in the coming fiscal year.

The four towns are Chilmark, Edgartown, Tisbury and West Tisbury. The money would come from a special state fund called the pothole account.

There was no fighting to the top this year. No tooth and nail-clawing to inch past the next-highest class rank, no daily status updates with the guidance department computer system, no strategic scheduling of classes to yield a higher-weighted grade point average, regardless of interest in the subjects.

West Tisbury on Tuesday night became the third of four towns needed to ratify the budget for the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School.

Speaking bluntly, Martha's Vineyard Regional High School principal Margaret (Peg) Regan told a large gathering of Island selectmen and finance committee members last week that if the school does not have a budget approved by July 1, it will mean salary freezes, hiring freezes, no new buses and a halt on scheduled maintenance at the school.

Tisbury Town Officials Receive a Wide Array of Complaints as Redesign Project Begins at Lot on Water Street

Under construction but still open - that is the tag line for the Water street parking lot in Vineyard Haven, which was the subject of widespread complaints before the Tisbury selectmen this week.

A proposal by the Vineyard Haven Yacht Club to replace its building on Vineyard Haven harbor has opened the door to a unanticipated discussion about public access to water.

The Martha's Vineyard Commission, which is reviewing the club's plan as a development of regional impact (DRI), has delayed its decision due to concerns about a little-known section of public beach next to the yacht club at the end of Owen Little Way.