Hello, Hogan

Sybil and Carlos Teles of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Hogan McCoy Teles, born on Nov.10, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Hogan weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces at birth.

Hello, Luana

Vera and Luiz Dos Santos of West Tisbury announce the birth of a daughter, Luana Clara Dos Santos, born on Nov. 8, 2008, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Luana weighed 8 pounds at birth.

Announcing Amber

Sarah-Lynne Codding and Russell R. Ventura of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a daughter, Amber Elizabeth Ventura, born on Nov. 4, 2008, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Amber weighed five pounds, five ounces at birth.

Announcing CoCo

Kim Wallace and Levon Wallace of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, CoCo Annabelle Wallace, born on Nov. 4, 2008, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. CoCo weighed seven pounds, three ounces at birth.

How to handle a $40 million school budget — ratified months ahead of other annual town budgets — during a recession. That is the vexing question now facing school and finance committee leaders across the Island.

Move the town budget season forward? Push the school process back? Scrap the current budgets and start over with a fixed, lower bottom line?

Spokesmen for MassHighway said this week that a plan to close Beach Road for six months to replace the Big Bridge and Little Bridge will not happen.

Last month, the Acton-based construction firm MIG Corporation filed a detour proposal with MassHighway requesting that Beach Road along Joseph Sylvia State Beach be closed from the start of construction until Memorial Day.

The news came as a surprise to Oak Bluffs and Edgartown officials, who knew about the planned bridge work but not about the plan to close the road.