M. Emmett Carroll Jr. has seen change on the waterfront, from the days when lobsters were bountiful to now when they seem scarce. He has kept his faith by dancing with new ideas, shifting his attention to raising oysters. He runs Menemsha Oysters, pretty much a one-man aquaculture operation which involves raising and harvesting some of the Island’s tastiest oysters.

For the second time in a row, Martha’s Vineyard Community Services has received three-year accreditation for its Island Counseling Center, Disability Services and the CONNECT-to-end Violence programs from CARF International.

CARF accreditation represents a high standard of performance for health and human services providers. To receive accreditation an organization must undergo a three-day, on-site visit by a team of surveyors and meet exacting standards.

Despite all the organizations on the Island dedicated to helping those in need, some needs go unmet. The backers of a new Web site hope to change that.

NetworkofNeighbors.com, which goes live in August, is the brainchild of Squire Rushnell and Louise DuArt of Edgartown.

The Rev. Mark Bozutti-Jones will be celebrant at Trinity Episcopal Church for the next two Sundays, July 17 and 24.

The priest for pastoral care and nurture at Trinity, Wall Street in New York, where he has served since 2007, Rev. Bozzuti-Jones is a native of Jamaica, and has served as a pastoral assistant in Manaus, Amazonas and Dangriga, Belize.

Cathlin Baker, the first woman minister in the history of the First Congregational Church of West Tisbury, calls her church, which dates to the 1600s, “the little church in the heart of the Island.”

When the new weather vane at the bandstand in Ocean Park is unveiled, it will be a product of a centuries-old trade brought to new life by Anthony Holand of Tuck and Holand Metal Sculptors.

Editor’s Note: The following story was published in the Gazette on Jan. 18, 1985. William Bettencourt died on July 7 at the age of 87. A memorial service will be held on Saturday at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital chapel at 11 a.m.

BY HILARY STOUT

Southern New England is overdue for a major hurricane. The last big one, in terms of lives lost, damage and cost, was the Great Hurricane of 1938. A lot has changed since then that will make the next one even more severe.

Wind generation is irrelevant to energy independence: Making electricity doesn’t give us oil, asphalt, plastics or tires; only 1.1 per cent of America’s electricity is generated by petroleum. As for fossil fuel savings, adding wind into the electricity mix tends to increase fuel usage and CO2 emissions due to the inefficiencies introduced into the system.

Editor’s Note: What follows in an addendum to an the Editorial Page feature Why I Love Where I Live, published in the Tuesday Gazette.