James Baird Graduates

James Baird, of Oak Bluffs, has graduated with a degree in economics from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

Ghosts and Gossip

Ghosts, Gossip and Downright Scandal Walking Tours, a light-hearted look at Edgartown’s history, are offered on Mondays at 7:30 p.m. through Labor Day. Meet at the Memorial Wharf on Dock street. The cost is $12; children under 12 are free. Reservations are required, and to make them please call 508-627-8619.

Hello, Thalia

Jorgiana Paiva and Ademir Mendes of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Thaila Ferreira de Paiva, born on June 2, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Thaila weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces at birth. She joins big sister Thais.

Tisbury becomes Dublin on Wednesday night as Arts and Society — which organizes what is apparently the oldest continuous celebration of Bloomsday on the planet — presents its 32nd annual Bloomsday Celebration of Music and Drama based on the texts of James Joyce.

The program is on June 16, at 8 p.m. at Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven. All tickets are $15 and may be purchased at the door.

First Aid Class

The American Red Cross will hold an Adult CPR/AED and Infant and Child CPR/AED class on June 12, at the YMCA on Martha’s Vineyard at 57 Pequot avenue in Oaks Bluffs. The instruction on adult CPR/AED is from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and costs $50. The class continues with instruction on infant and child CPR portion until 3:30 p.m. at a cost of $60. Enrollment for all classes is available online at www.cciredcross.org or by calling toll-free 508-775-1540.

A special town meeting in West Tisbury was postponed Tuesday due to a lack of quorum, after only 87 voters turned out on a sunny early June evening. At least 114 voters — 10 per cent of those registered in town — were needed for the meeting to be held. After waiting for approximately 30 minutes, moderator F. Patrick Gregory called the meeting and sent voters home.

“Normally this is the part when I say we have a quorum. But we have fallen well short, and will have to try this again,” Mr. Gregory said.

Oak Bluffs selectmen on Tuesday again expressed frustration with the ongoing problems at the Nova Vida Church on the corner of Ryan’s Way and Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road, after the church submitted new plans to build a rooming house on the second floor and a large tent in the front yard to hold church services at night during the summer.

New Vineyard Story

Susan Mercier, formerly of Edgartown Books, has joined Vineyard Stories as a market specialist.

Tisbury’s new police chief, Daniel Hanavan, is pretty much the polar opposite of his ebullient, literary and tempestuous predecessor, John Cashin. And Mr. Hanavan is not unhappy when comparisons are made.

Put it to him that he is exceedingly laconic, and his response proves the point: “Yep.”

Say that this contrasts sharply with Chief Cashin, who would talk under wet concrete, and Mr. Hanavan briefly laughs and says in his uninflected way: “He sure had the gift of the gab. The Irish in him, I guess. That’s not me.”

The Oak Bluffs parks commission on Monday reviewed draft rules for town parks and beaches that among other things would close parks at 10 p.m., prohibit flower picking and ban pets from playgrounds and baseball fields.

Authored by Nancy Phillips, chairman of the parks commission, the rules would apply to all town beaches and parks, including Ocean Park, Waban Park, Nashawena Park, Sunset Park, Veira Park, Inkwell Beach and the old pay beach.