Aquinnah voters will revisit a pioneering wind energy proposal at a special town meeting slated for the end of September, and selectmen have referred to town counsel an ongoing dispute with the Wampanoag tribe over the cleaning of Menemsha Pond after an abandoned oyster project.

After several deadlines to clean up the pond were not met, selectmen voted in July to contact town counsel for advice.

No action was taken until Wednesday when selectman Camille Rose contacted town counsel Ronald H. Rappaport and took him on a tour of the site.

West Tisbury selectmen this week gave a lukewarm reception to a pair of conceptual plans from the Massachusetts Highway Department for the redesign of the intersection of State and Old County Roads, a problem intersection that has been the site of numerous accidents over the years.

Both plans call for widening both roads, adding new pavement and removing the triangular island in the middle. Both also call for the angle of the intersection to be changed from the current Y-shape to a more traditional T-shape.

Four Graduates

The following Island students graduated from Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, N.H. on May 16: Kayla Rose Mastromonaco of Vineyard Haven, magna cum laude with a degree in psychology; Eric Charles Soikkeli of Vineyard Haven, cum laude with a degree in marketing; Paige A. McCarthy of Vineyard Haven, magna cum laude, theatre arts; Stuart Russell Hodson of West Tisbury with a degree in management.

Walter M. Vail has been elected to the board of the Island Affordable Housing Fund.

A resident of Oak Bluffs, Mr. Vail moved here in 2008 after more than 50 years as a summer resident. He has a distinguished career in housing-oriented activities, including serving as president of Merrill Lynch Huntoon Page, president of BankEast Mortgage Company, and president of the Mortgage Corner, a subsidiary of Centerbank Mortgage. He was a founder of Beacon Mortgage Company in Manchester, N.H.

On an overcast foggy morning, much of Edgartown Great Pond and its coves disappear as if the brush stroke of an artist had painted the shifting clouds. The 900-odd-acre pond with hidden coves and a fragile environment is William (Boo) Bassett’s summer workplace.

For most of this summer and much of last summer, Mr. Bassett has worked husbanding the restoration of wild oysters in the pond. It is both heavy and delicate work. He says he is doing it not just to restore a historic fishery, but also to restore the health of the once-vibrant pond.