Online clothing store Wasque Rip will now sell merchandise at Rainy Day gift shop in Vineyard Haven. The company, named for the Chappaquiddick fishing area, was a sponsor of the 2012 Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby.
Stephanie W. Roache has joined Sandpiper Realty, the agency announced this week. She will be working with her mother, Elaine T. Miller, one of Sandpiper’s top agents. Ms. Roache has a strong business background, having spent more than 25 years in sales management, selling business process outsourcing solutions to Fortune 500 companies. She also led a sales team responsible for new business development and customer service excellence.
Kevin Burchill, a recent Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School graduate and recipient of a $1,000 Comcast scholarship for community service, leadership skills and academic achievement, attended a Comcast Leaders and Achievers ceremony at the State House in Boston on June 18.
The boil water order for Oak Bluffs was lifted Wednesday morning, and officials said they had shut down the offending Lagoon Pond well and started adding chlorine to another well closest to the town's water tank.
The Tisbury School has announced its honor roll for the fourth quarter of the 2012-2013 academic year.
Eight grade honors: Alexandra Barlett, Robson Borges, Monica Carroll, David Caseau, Justine Cassel, Nicholas Chapman, Emma Kristal, Colbeck Leuenberger, Benjamin Nadelstein, Patricia Oliveira, Barbara Paula and Ava Petricone.
Eighth grade high honors: Elias Fhagen-Smith and Ashley Wood.
Seventh grade high honors: Margaret Burke, Carolyn Duarte, Evelyn Medeiros, Lily Pigott, Benjamin Tillman, Elizabeth Williamson and Salyn Yancey.
Jaime Billings of Oak Bluffs and Zoe Fisher of Aquinnah were named to the spring 2013 dean’s list at Roger Williams University.
Cody Coutinho of Chilmark was named to the spring 2013 dean’s list at Merrimack College.
Laura Anne Douthitt and Bradley Alan Hawk were married June 8 at the Aquinnah home of her cousins Ted and Sarah Howes. Captain Steven C. Doane (Ret’d) of the U.S. Public Health Service, the bride’s uncle, performed the double-ring ceremony.
Caitlyn O’Donnell and Gregory Leland of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a son, Deacon Bruce Leland, born on June 20 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Deacon weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces at birth.
Ashley and Ethan Richard Felix of Revere, Mass., announce the birth of a son, Beau Hyde Felix, born on June 23 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Beau weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces at birth.
Cristina and North Whitney of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a daughter, Averie Joy Whitney, born on June 21 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Averie weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces at birth.