For more than a decade, it conveyed a cryptic message to all who passed on State Road in Vineyard Haven. But now the rough plywood “Hoo Rah for Bill” sign, which declared the late Craig Kingsbury’s support for President Clinton, is trash.

It was pulled down on the orders of the town’s building and zoning inspector, Kenneth Barwick,

Key leadership changes at the Oak Bluffs and Tisbury schools were announced by Vineyard schools superintendent Dr. James H. Weiss yesterday.

Beginning August 1, Tisbury School principal Richard Smith will take the helm as principal at the Oak Bluffs School. And John Custer, assistant principal in Tisbury, will move up to become principal at that school.

Current Oak Bluffs principal Carlin Hart, who has been on the job for a year, will return to his former position as assistant principal in Oak Bluffs.

There’s nothing worse than getting sick in the summer, and no group knows that better than the Island seal population which hopes to shake off a mysterious illness that has brought several weary seals ashore to die over the past couple months.

Actress Diana Muldaur laughs when reminded that long before he was the Governator, or even the Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger shared his first onscreen kiss with her — in an episode of the television series The Streets of San Francisco.

“I must have kissed 500,000 men on camera,” she shrugs, reflecting on her 30-year career that included roles on L.A. Law, Star Trek (the original and The Next Generation), The Tony Randall Show, Born Free and McCloud.

Michelle Suzanne Alton

Michelle Suzanne Alton of Edgartown recently graduated from Stonehill College with a bachelor of science degree.