Responding to questions about plans to convert the old town library on lower Circuit avenue into a mixed-use building with affordable housing and a new pharmacy, Oak Bluffs selectmen said this week that the project conforms with state regulations for public works projects.

In recent weeks, questions surfaced over why extensive work had been done on the old library with no site plans on file at town hall and no contractor yet chosen for the project.

Firefighters from three Island towns moved quickly Sunday to extinguish a fast-moving brush fire in a rural area near the Edgartown Great Pond, stopping the blaze not far from two homes in the Boldwater subdivision. The fire capped a busy day for Edgartown firemen, who also put out a transformer fire off the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road and responded to several false alarms.

Shave and a Haircut

The long-awaited transformation of the Stop & Shop parking lot wall in the Gateway to the Island is set to take place tomorrow, Saturday, May 2, at 11 a.m., when the Tisbury mural is to be unveiled. This will be the public’s first viewing of the massive public art project, and a chance for all to meet the design artists, Anne Grandin and Thomas Larson, and the many art students and Island artists who worked alongside them to produce the historical Vineyard mural.

Correction

A story in last week’s Gazette previewing the Chilmark annual town meeting inaccurately characterized the town budget. Chilmark was not the only town to see its annual budget go down this year; the West Tisbury budget also went down. The Gazette regrets the error.

Welcome Neve

Holly and William Jackson of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a daughter, Neve Theresa Jackson, on April 25 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Neve weighed 9 pounds, 10 ounces at birth. She joins big sister McKensi.