Aquinnah selectmen voted last week to issue the first beer and wine license in town to the Outermost Inn.

The developers for the upscale Field Club and adjoining subdivision in Katama have agreed to pay the Edgartown affordable housing committee $1.8 million in lieu of designating three lots in their project for affordable housing as required by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission.

The project was approved as a development of regional impact (DRI) in 2004 and calls for the construction of a 32-lot subdivision on the 24-acre site as well as a members-only recreational club. Club owners plan to sell 500 memberships for about $100,000 apiece.

Regional High School

Summer Sessions Begin

A dozen new classes and clinics highlight the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School’s summer program.

Children’s creative drama with Phyllis Vecchia, clay pottery, arts and crafts, guitar, flash animation, science, and track and field are some of the classes and clinics that will be offered for the first time.

Football, soccer, lacrosse, baseball, tennis and other sports clinics will continue, some with new directors.

Thrift Shop Will Install

Security Cameras at Lot

The Martha’s Vineyard Community Services Thrift Shop plans to install security cameras in an attempt to stop the practice of dumping television sets and other trash in its parking lot while the store is closed.

Army National Guard Pvt. Tony R. Cortez has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

Private Cortez is the son of Lisa Tilton of Oak Bluffs, He is a 2006 graduate of Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.