After failing to reach a quorum last week, enough West Tisbury voters turned out for a special town meeting on Tuesday to approve all four articles on the warrant, but not before some tough questions about spending and lines of authority in town hall.

A total of 144 voters turned out for the meeting, and before moderator Patrick Gregory banged the gavel, one voter said: “We’ll be home in plenty of time for the [Boston] Celtics game,” referring to the pivotal game six of the NBA finals.

Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School sophomore Eva Faber of Edgartown has been awarded a one-year grant to study blue claw crabs in the Edgartown and Tisbury Great Ponds. Eva will work with William Wilcox, the water resource planner from the Martha’s Vineyard Commission, and Luanne Johnson, a wildlife biologist completing her Ph.D. in Environmental Studies at Antioch University.

The Permanent Endowment Fund for Martha’s Vineyard is now accepting nominations for the 2010 Creative Living Award. This award was established in 1983 through the Ruth J. Bogan and Ruth Redding Fund and recognizes members of the Vineyard community who embody Ruth Bogan’s spirit and love for the Island and who have contributed significantly to the quality of life on the Vineyard. Last year’s recipients were Camp Jabberwocky and its founder, Helen Lamb.

Aquinnah residents stand to lose their access to federal flood insurance by July 8 unless town voters come out to approve revisions to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) national flood insurance program, at special town meeting on Tuesday night.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the old town hall building. Moderator Michael Hebert will preside.

Elizabeth Phelps, J.D.

Elizabeth Phelps graduated from Yale Law School on June 2 with a Juris Doctor degree.

A 2000 graduate of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, Ms. Phelps is the daughter of Susan Phelps and the late Richard Phelps of West Tisbury.