Phyllis Vecchia begins another of her popular creative drama workshops for children ages four and half to eleven, this fall at the Oak Bluffs School. The classes will be held on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. Classes begin on Tuesday, Oct. 2, and Thursday, Oct. 4, and run for eight weeks.

The regular August program of the Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club featured Jo-Ann Taylor, the coastal planner for the Martha’s Vineyard Commission for the past 16 years, who spoke about threats to water quality on the Vineyard.

In other club developments, Pat Adler and Laura Lee were installed as president and president-elect.

With two wins already under their belt, the high school golf team is off to a fast start.

Anchored by Tony Grillo, arguably the best young golfer in the state, who recently won his second consecutive Massachusetts junior championship, many already are calling the team a lock to make the state tournament.

But in the match-play style of high school golf, even the most talented player cannot carry a team alone.

According to coach Doug DeBettencourt, young Grillo won’t have to.

Imminent closure of the Edgartown Marine harbor fuel dock because of fire safety violations was averted yesterday, but only after some urgent and at times comic shuttle diplomacy involving state and town officials and the fuel supplier R.M. Packer Company.

A spokesman for the state Department of Fire Services yesterday confirmed that the department is satisfied that steps are being taken by Packer to address a list of violations at the fuel dock ranging from an invalid permit to inoperable emergency fuel shutoff valves.

The 30th annual George Moffett Race will have more than one winner. Organizers of this year’s contest, scheduled for tomorrow, hope all the sailors who participate will walk away from the contest with smiles.

The Moffett Race is that kind of event. It has always been a contest involving a lot of sailing skill and the fellowship of a lot of champions. That’s not too bad for an event that costs only $40 to enter.

You might expect the first black man ever popularly elected as a United States senator would be out there rooting for the election of the first black President. But no. Edward W. Brooke has never thought race — or gender, for that matter — had anything to do with worthiness.

The weekend of fun and tennis last weekend was a smashing success on all counts. The large gathering at the opening party for the Farm Neck Tennis Open bid generously at the auction to play with guest tennis pros, Luke and Murphy Jensen, along with notable Island pros.

Forty young tennis enthusiasts showed up for the skills and drills games at Vineyard Youth Tennis. And over 75 players showed off their skills at Farm Neck in men’s, women’s and mixed doubles tournament play.

There is no clock on the wall of this yoga class. In fact, there are no walls at all, only the blue sky overhead and the wide open ocean. The laughter and chatter of the Polar Bears and the blare of the ferry horn take the place of the soothing, meditative chants typically played during sun salutations. And yet, for the past four summers, Anderson Bourell has been using this open stretch of public beach as a classroom, teaching yoga and spreading an inspirational message of healing to hundreds.

In an unexpected twist, Joseph G. Moujabber, the Oak Bluffs resident
who built a three-story garage along the North Bluff without a permit,
has appealed the recent decision by a Dukes County superior court judge
to annul a demolition order and send the garage back to a town
architectural board for fresh review.

Thirteen point seven billion years, cosmologists now feel, is the time it took for our universe to get its act together and produce the primordial ooze from which intelligent beings eventually emerged.