A longstanding land use battle off Moshup Trail in Aquinnah resurfaced on another front this week, when the town conservation commission took up the application of a landowner who wants to build in and around a wetland.

Mitigation Plan Saves Rare Plants Alongside Purple Tiger Beetles; Sandy Pathways Are Created Across West Tisbury Road

Reading Rainbow: Books in Boxes, Library Moves to New Space

By RACHEL KOVAC

Boxes litter the large meeting room of the new Oak Bluffs library on Pacific avenue. Marked carefully with numbers, each box is filled with books that will slowly make their way onto shelves in the days and weeks ahead.

Town waterway regulations were the topic of discussion on Tuesday night when members of the Tashmoo management committee, the harbor management com

Special Town Meeting Set in Chilmark

By BRIEN HEFLER

Harbor repairs, health insurance for firefighters, extending the town building cap and a plan to lease out town property for a community swimming pool will all come before Chilmark voters at a special town meeting Monday night.

Set to begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Chilmark Community Center, the warrant includes 10 articles. Moderator Everett Poole will preside over the special session.

The question of how cod stocks fell so low in the waters off New England is almost as perplexing as the question of how to bring about recovery.

The favorite reason - too much fishing pressure - is followed by other explanations, including changes in ocean temperature and degradation of the environment. Perhaps it is a combination of these things.

Pinpointing the cause or causes of plummeting cod stocks is key to their rejuvenation.