It was good news and bad news for two Island libraries Thursday morning — the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners awarded a grant to the West Tisbury library for building a new facility, but Edgartown did not make the cut and will receive no funding.

Eight out of 27 towns that applied for grant money received awards, announced yesterday morning. West Tisbury placed eighth on the list, while Edgartown was number 11. The town of Athol was number one on the list.

A large number of beaches have been closed to swimming in Oak Bluffs and West Tisbury due to high levels of enterococcus bacteria found during routine water testing. Health agents in those two towns have put out notices about the closures.

In West Tisbury the following beaches are closed to swimming: Lambert’s Cove, Seth’s Pond, Salt Works at Seven Gates Farm, Long Cove Pond, Long Point at the ocean and the Tisbury Great Pond at the Trustees of Reservations.

Edgartown attorney Edward W. (Peter) Vincent Jr. was suspended from practicing law on Thursday, following complaints of misuse and loss of client funds.

The suspension was issued in Supreme Judicial Court in Suffolk County on July 7.

The temporary suspension will stay in effect until disciplinary procedures are heard before the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers. The next step would be the filing of charges with the board, which has the power to disbar attorneys.

Summer sunset at Menemsha drew a different kind of crowd on Tuesday, the one-year anniversary of the Coast Guard boathouse fire. A large crowd of Chilmark community leaders and residents gathered to mark the formal opening and dedication of the rebuilt connector pier that was destroyed in last year’s fire.

Selectman Warren Doty set a tone of reflection and appreciation early in the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

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As the ink was still drying on a $30.6 billion state budget signed into law on Monday by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a spokesman for Cape and Islands state Sen. Dan Wolf said they were still studying the local impacts of the budget.

Pared down some $750 million from the previous year, Mr. Wolf has characterized the budget as one of the most difficult in memory, but his chief of staff Seth Rolbein said there were some welcome developments.