The plan to build a roundabout at the intersection of Barnes and Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Roads will now be reviewed by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission as a development of regional impact (DRI).

The roundabout has been the subject of a decade of planning and a bid is set to go out this fall. But commission members said on Thursday night the project plainly has regional impact, citing potential impacts on the intersections at either end of the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road.

The issue drew lively debate Thursday.

Three men were rescued from the water south of the Vineyard Saturday after their 20-foot pleasure craft began taking on water and sank, the Coast Guard said.

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Three men were rescued from the water south of the Vineyard Saturday after their 20-foot pleasure craft began taking on water and sank, the Coast Guard said.

Edward Dillon doesn’t exist. Longtime readers of the Vineyard Gazette may recall reading about Mr. Dillon’s antics in the West Chop column during the summer of 1977. The column, written by then 12-year-old Amor Towles, reported the comings and goings within the close-knit community. Yet unbeknownst to most readers, the man by the name of Edward Dillon, mentioned in columns throughout the summer, was fictional.

Quiches, Kugels, and Couscous: My Search For Jewish Cooking In France by Joan Nathan of Washington, D.C., and Chilmark, is a delectable-looking cookbook with hundreds of delicious recipes. And, best of all, since many of them come from the hot climates of southern France and North Africa, you’re sure to be able to find in it just what you want to serve at a mid-summer Island dinner party.