West Tisbury voters will get their chance to weigh in on the Oak Bluffs roundabout this spring. On Wednesday the board of selectmen voted to place a non-binding resolution about the issue on the town’s April election ballot.

“Should a roundabout be built at the blinker intersection?” the referendum asks.

The kids at the Garden Gate Child Development Center, ages two to five, are having an art exhibit at Featherstone Center for the Arts. The reception is today, Jan. 20, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Okay, perhaps a bit late for the little tykes but the rules are off when it comes to artists.

The kids have been working on sculptures inspired by Dr. Seuss, as well as a study in faces centered on collage exploration á la Picasso.

There will also be music, champagne and hors d’oeuvres.

For more details, call 508-696-9997.

Meet the Island’s most reluctant tourist, the ring-necked pheasant. Plucked from a bucolic life on a MassWildlife-sanctioned game farm in New England, in the fall they’re packed in cardboard boxes and given a one-way ferry ticket to the Vineyard. After a brief respite at one of the Island’s most picturesque properties half will be shot, others will be picked off by red-tailed hawks and the rest will likely succumb to the cold.

It was a record year for hunting deer on the Vineyard. A preliminary total of 855 deer were harvested this past year by hunters from October through December, which is considerably larger than the 570 that were harvested last year in the county and the highest total in at least several years.

The Edgartown historic district commission Tuesday approved the demolition of a South Water street building, making way for plans for a new mixed-use building on the site.

By SARA BROWN

The Edgartown historic district commission Tuesday approved the demolition of a South Water street building, making way for plans for a new mixed-use building on the site.

The commission approved Eugene Courtney’s application to demolish the current building at 6 South Water street, which is about 70 years old and has insect and fungus rot, Mr. Courtney said.

Tax bills are out in Oak Bluffs, the only town on the Island that has set its tax rate yet this year, and the result is a mixed bag. Some property owners report seeing only a slight change in their tax bill from last year, while others are experiencing mild sticker shock as they see their taxes rise.

“I was shocked,” said Oak Bluffs resident John Banks, who opened his tax bill last week and learned that the property assessment for his Sengekontacket home went up about 16 per cent, resulting in a tax bill that is about 22 per cent higher than last year.