It was only fitting that the televisions were showing the latest French Open matches on Saturday afternoon as Vineyard tennis players past and present gathered to celebrate a coach who has become an Island tennis institution.

After 23 years, several one-loss seasons, one undefeated run and one state championship title, head coach Ned Fennessy, 80, is retiring.

Elizabeth A. Gormley purchased 18 Orran Norton Way in Edgartown for $590,000 on May 30.

For the second year in a row, track star Maggie Riseborough will represent Martha’s Vineyard at the New England High School Outdoor Championships.

Riseborough, a senior, tied her own personal best in the shot put during last Saturday’s Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletics Association All-State Meet.

On Saturday afternoon the Yard dance residency program hosted a performance at Mytoi Garden on Chappaquiddick. The performance was a collaboration between The Yard and The Trustees of Reservations and featured modern improvisational dance by members of Dance The Yard and What’s Written Within, another Island dance group.

Frank R. Lautenberg, the five-term senator from New Jersey who was known for his tough stance on an array of issues from gun control to tobacco laws, died Monday morning in Manhattan. Senator Lautenberg was 89 and a longtime seasonal resident of the Vineyard where he had owned a home on West Chop since 1977.

They were 48 and one dog strong Saturday morning, gathered at Katama Point, the start of the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank’s annual cross-Island hike. The route would take them through 20 miles of land bank trails, ancient byways, paved roads and some private properties from Katama to Lambert’s Cove Beach.

A standing ovation welcomed the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School’s class of 2013 to the stage at their commencement ceremony last Sunday afternoon. The crowd cheered excitedly as the graduates, wearing wreaths of purple flowers in their hair, entered the white tent.

The American Cancer Society held its Relay for Life benefit walk yesterday and last night at the MVRHS track. There were games, cotton candy, food and tents where walkers could rest and share their stories. All day and all night families and friends from every part of the community walked to raise money for the fight against cancer. They were also paying tribute, step by step in solidarity, to all those who have fought, or all still fighting, this disease.  

The Windemere Nursing and Rehabilitation Center hosted its seventh annual fundraiser auction Friday night at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury. The proceeds of the evening will benefit Windemere’s recreation department, which provides residents with opportunities to take part in activities around the Island, including yoga classes, concerts and dinners.