Warren Arrives

Warren Arrives

Carolyn Warren and Gregory Cabana of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a son, Warren Byrne Cabana, on June 22 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Warren weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces at birth.

Louisa Gould Gallery Holds Artists’ Reception

Louisa Gould Gallery opens the Vineyard Painting show today with an artists’ reception from 5 to 7 p.m. at its Main street, Vineyard Haven location. The exhibition features Lynette Goric with seascapes, Christopher Pendergast’s portraits of buoys, seashell paintings on masonite by Donna Blackburn, and, reminding us of inland Island moments, Caryn King’s farm animals

Mars and Regulus

The red planet Mars appears close to the bright star Regulus tonight and the nights ahead. The two are in the zodiacal constellation Leo and in the western sky after sunset. The glow of twilight will still be in the west.

Chilmark Selectmen Asked to Tighten Waterways Rules

Amid claims of illicit permit trading and concern over a packed waiting list for mooring slips in Chilmark, town leaders were asked to tighten areas of the town waterways regulations at a public hearing last week.

Susan Murphy, who operates Menemsha marine repair with her husband and rents out multiple moorings in town, argued that the long waiting list for mooring slips is a result of allowing leaseholders to keep their slips empty for a year at a time.

In turn, she argued, this may be leading to rule-dodging amongst those desperate for a spot on the harbor.

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SSA Sells Ferry to Venezuelan Company in $3.9 Million Deal

The Steamship Authority has sold the long-troubled ferry Flying Cloud to a Venezuelan company for $3.9 million.

Boat line general manager Wayne C. Lamson announced Wednesday that Gran Cacique II bought the high-speed vessel, which ran on the Hyannis-Nantucket route from 2000 to 2006.

The SSA paid nearly $8 million for the Flying Cloud, which was built by Derector Shipyards in Mamaroneck, N.Y. The boat line placed the vessel in service to compete against Hy-Line in the Hyannis-Nantucket high-speed ferry market.

Seamus and Aaron Arrive

Seamus and Aaron Arrive

Sarah Ward Callahan and James Callahan of Rutland, Vt., announce the birth of twin boys, Seamus Ward Callahan and Aaron Walter Callahan, on May 13.

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Monks Spread Sand, Good Karma Across Island

Twelve monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery in southern India visited the Vineyard for five days last week to spread good karma and raise money for their monastery. Cris Mayhew of Edgartown was instrumental in bringing the monks to the Island.

“The five days started with me going over to Woods Hole to greet them (try approaching the check-in shed and asking if a van of 12 Tibetan monks has arrived) and ended with a goodbye blessing at the Oak Bluffs dock right before boarding. So much happened in between,” Ms. Mayhew wrote in an e-mail this week.

Buddhist Teaching

Buddhist Teaching

Khenpo Tsering Samdup will be at the Bodhi Path of Martha’s Vineyard for a weekend teaching series on Saturday and Sunday, June 28 and 29. He will teach on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation by Gampopa, the seminal handbook of the Kagyü Buddhist view and path. Teaching times are 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 4 p.m. both days. All are welcome.

Peter Simon on Radio

Peter Simon on Radio

Peter Simon and his Jamaica-inspired book Reggae Scrapbook will be featured this Sunday, June 29, at noon, on NBC Boston’s CityLine show. Peter will talk about his travels through Jamaica and the culture and music that make Jamaica known and loved throughout the world.  CityLine airs on WCVB-TV, the NBC affiliate in Boston. The show covers a wide spectrum of topics of public interest, including people profiles, ethnic cuisine, travel and entertainment previews from around the city.

Chilmark

JANE N. SLATER

508-645-3378

(slaterjn@comcast.net)

Wednesday’s nearly perfect sunset drew the first large summer crowd to Menemsha. The new summer Chilmark police patrolmen (actually, two are women) met the challenge and everyone enjoyed the moment. Earlier in the day, the beaches drew good crowds too as the sun and warmth seems here to stay.

This is the year of the dogwood, as many trees across the Island seem to have blooms that are more profuse than other years. Fortunately, many trees are along the roadsides for us all to enjoy.

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