A Vineyard organization devoted to spaying and neutering feral cats will be closing its feral cat shelter at the end of the year.

Laurie Huff, the founder of Cattrap Inc., said the organization will lose its lease on a barn sheltering rescued feral cats in December. Cattrap is scrambling to find homes for some of the 15 to 20 cats, now semi-feral, who call the barn home, including Holiday, a friendly calico who was found with a distended colon; Frasier, a big black cat who lived under a porch, and Misty from Katama.

Dr. Donald M. Berwick, a Chilmark summer resident and former Obama administration official, announced Monday that he will run for governor in 2014.
The pediatrician, former Harvard professor and one-time temporary administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, spoke on the Vineyard last summer at a forum on health care.

As summer heats up and tick season reaches its peak months on the Island, the Martha’s Vineyard Tick-Borne Initiative has launched its latest public health effort, reaching out to Vineyard schools via video.

Last week more than 1,500 DVDs, each containing a short tick safety and awareness video, were delivered to Island schools, with each elementary-age child receiving a copy to take home.

Samuel Donegan of Vineyard Haven was named to the spring 2013 dean’s list at Bryant University in Smithfield, R.I.
 

Alyssa Anne Adler of Chilmark was named to the spring 2013 dean’s list at Elon University in Elon, N.C. Alyssa is the daughter of Paul and Lisa Adler.

Samuel Scott of Chilmark was named to the spring 2013 dean’s list at Nichols College in Dudley, Mass.
 

Allen Birol of Vineyard Haven graduated from Messiah College in Grantham, Pa. on May 18 with a degree in human development and family science.

Jennifer Wey of Vineyard Haven graduated from Springfield College with master’s of social work in May 2013.

Siobhan Smith of West Tisbury was named to the spring 2013 Chancellor’s List at University of Massachussetts Dartmouth.

Erica Bartlett of Vineyard Haven and Meghan Brown of Oak Bluffs were named to the spring 2013 dean’s list at University of Massachussetts Dartmouth.