They decided almost three years ago that replacing a yellow blinker beacon with a roundabout was the safest solution for a notoriously dangerous intersection, but just weeks before hiring an engineer to design it, Oak Bluffs selectmen are thinking it over - one more time.

Ending a Quick Search, School District Names Interim Principals for Year Ahead

By CHRIS BURRELL

Three consecutive days of interviews this week yielded two new principals up-Island: Michael Halt will take over at the West Tisbury School, and Diane Gandy becomes principal at the Chilmark School.

Mr. Halt, 39, will leave his post as vice-principal at the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School to accept the interim principalship in West Tisbury.

This Season, Behind the Retail Counter, Multiple Languages (and Some Confusion)

By CHRIS BURRELL

Rafata Jabri, a Jordanian-born pastry chef in Oak Bluffs, knows all about turning flour, butter, sugar and eggs into delectable treats, but some other ingredients in the bakery are driving him a little crazy - a polyglot of Portuguese, Czech, Bulgarian and even Scottish brogues.

They are the languages and accents heard from his work force at Martha's Vineyard Gourmet Cafe and Bakery in downtown Oak Bluffs.

Six Island educators are among the nine finalists now vying for the interim principal jobs in both the West Tisbury and Chilmark schools.

The high-speed search for school leaders comes less than a month after two principals in the Up-Island district - Elaine Pace and Carlos Colley - handed in their resignations after each serving three years on the job.

Owner Appeals to Court in Garage Case

By CHRIS BURRELL

Oak Bluffs businessman and restaurateur Joseph G. Moujabber is headed to court to try to rescue a three-story garage that his North Bluff neighbors want to see demolished.

Mr. Moujabber's lawyer, Bruce S. Barnett - an associate in the Boston law firm of Piper Rudnick - filed an appeal last week in Dukes County Superior Court, arguing that the Oak Bluffs zoning board last month wrongly declared the garage illegal while unanimously upholding the revocation of the building permit.

Twenty Applicants for Principals' Positions; Board Hopes for Resolution Next Week

By CHRIS BURRELL

In a race to fill both principal seats in the two up-Island schools by the middle of the next week, selection committees are now trying to whittle 20 applicants down to half that number for the first cut.

The deadline to apply for the two jobs was Tuesday, and public interviews will take place Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, said Vineyard schools superintendent Kriner Cash.