The ominous, quickening strains that can mean only one thing - the shark is near and getting nearer - are slated to fill Ocean Park in Oak Bluffs at an August 5 open-air screening of Jaws.

Netflix, a company that operates a DVD mail rental service, has applied to the Oak Bluffs Park Commission to show the movie at the park off Seaview avenue. Admission would be free. The commission was scheduled to vote on the application last night.

Delores Stevens Enlivens Music of Modern Era

By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer

In 1971, on the occasion of Tisbury's tercentenary, the Montagnana Trio of Caroline Worthington (cello), John Gates (clarinet) and Delores Stevens (piano) was invited to Martha's Vineyard to participate in the celebration.

The trio, consisting of musicians who had built an international reputation, accepted the offer.

Art Buchwald, the writer whose hospice stay turned into a lease on life, returned Saturday afternoon to his beloved Martha's Vineyard.

Mr. Buchwald arrived at Martha's Vineyard Airport at 12:30 p.m. in a private plane that flew directly from Washington Dulles International Airport. Family members then drove him to his home on Main street in Vineyard Haven.

As summer moves into high gear on the Island, the Martha's Vineyard Hospital will launch the final push to raise the rest of the money for the cons

Chilmark Resident Admits Map Theft

Mr. Smiley Pleads Guilty in Connecticut to Stealing and Selling Rare Maps; Sentencing Is Set for September

By JAMES KINSELLA

NEW HAVEN - Edward Forbes Smiley 3rd of Chilmark yesterday pleaded guilty in federal and state courts in New Haven, Conn., to the theft of rare maps from a Yale University Library - part of a string of 97 maps that he stole between 1998 and 2005.