Loren Foster Gibson of West Tisbury graduated magna cum laude from University of Southern California. She received a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering. Loren will be working for Boeing in Charleston, S.C. where she interned last summer.

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $170,584 for the business week ending on Friday, May 24, 2013.

The milk and cheesemaking operation has been shut down and the farm stand closed at the Grey Barn farm and dairy in Chilmark following a fire in the creamery late Friday. Farm owners Molly and Eric Glasgow said the active milking herd of 22 Dutch Belted Galloway cows will be sent off-Island while the creamery is rebuilt at the organic farm off South Road.

Veterans, active service people and ordinary citizens gathered in Vineyard Haven on Memorial Day to remember those who dedicated their lives to a sacred purpose.

Wesley R. Winston, an army veteran of the Viet Nam era, read the names of fallen comrades. Four families received gold stars, a tradition that dates back to the First World War when mothers of fallen soldiers began calling themselves gold star mothers.

Hot dogs sizzled, children laughed, and a mandolin played as rowboats floated in a calm pond and a small pony ambled down a wooded trail.

"There could be sharks!" Landon Medeiros of Vineyard Haven said as he waited his turn to row around the pond of Waterworks Park in Tisbury. And then, as his friends laughed, he added, "There's not sharks. I'm kidding."

It's all part of the annual Tisbury town picnic, a tradition so longstanding even the sun graced the park with its presence.

The national holiday will be celebrated on the Vineyard today with a parade and picnic. The parade begins at 10 a.m. at the American Legional Hall in Tisbury, and ends at the Oak Grove Cemetery, with its colorful avenue of flags. The Tisbury town picnic begins at noon at the overlook at Lake Tashmoo. The picnic is an Islandwide event.

The Grey Barn Farm stand has been closed following a fire in the creamery late Friday. "We’ve closed the farmstand for the foreseeable future. Also . . . we won’t be doing tours anymore,” owner Eric Glasgow said.

Cynthia Riggs and Howard Attebery were married Saturday before a crowd of family, friends and well-wishers in the West Tisbury Congregational Church, adding a long-awaited chapter to a love story that has captured hearts and imaginations around the country.

Carrying signs and eliciting honks from passing cars, protestors gathered at Five Corners in Vineyard Haven on Saturday morning to voice concern about the ethics of Monsanto, an agribusiness company.

Christina Montoya, 41, and Kristin Hall, 35, both of West Tisbury, organized the event locally, drawing more than 30 people.

The demonstration is part of a series of actions taking place around the globe called March Against Monsanto.

Rafael Loubeck purchased 22 Vineyard Meadow Farms Road in West Tisbury for $440,000 on May 24.