Announcing Isabelle

Jillianne Cummings and Bryan Keats of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Isabelle Joyce Keats, born on June 25, 2012 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Isabelle weighed 8 pounds at birth.

Welcome, Christian

Bonnie Kingsbury and Frances Fisher III of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Christian Elliot Fisher, born on June 22, 2012 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Christian weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces at birth.

Island Health Care

Elizabeth A. Moriarty, nurse practitioner, and Dr. Richard F. Sullivan have joined the Island Health Care rural health clinic in Edgartown.

Ms. Moriarty started in May, coming from Hampden County Physician Associates in western Massachusetts. Dr. Sullivan takes over as Medical Director for Dr. John Lamb, who served in that capacity for over five years and will now be operating solely out of his practice at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

My Best Job Ever had to have been ring boy at The Flying Horses! There could not possibly be more prestigious and influential employment in the Great Watering Place of Cottage City, our beloved town of Oak Bluffs. I got to meet and re-meet friends, old and new, a first glimpse of the cutest girls—and possibly you. How pleased were the parents, the well dressed kids, cotton candy, popcorn—stuff old age diet forbids.

BRAD WOODGER

508-627-4216

(ibwsgolf@aol.com)

KATHIE CASE

508-627-5349

(kathleencase@comcast.net)

It is Tuesday night and I am still pondering the weather we had today. I looked up to the right of me and there was blue sky with white puffy clouds. I looked to the left of me and the sky was black. I thought the sky would drop lots of rain on us, but nothing. Nature will never cease to amaze me.

Temperature: Precip.

Day Max. Min. Inches.

Fº Fº

June 22 95 68 .00

June 23 95 68 .00

June 24 83 58 Trace

June 25 84 65 Trace

June 26 75 61 .31

June 27 73 57 Trace

June 28 78 63 .00

Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 74º F.

After enduring four games in three days, the Martha’s Vineyard Youth Soccer under-15 team defeated the Dorchester Lions 2-1 Sunday in the finals of the Massachusetts Tournament of Champions to bring home the state title — a prize that’s eluded them throughout each of their nevertheless-successful seasons.

A new building has been added to the Vineyard Haven skyline. Well, actually it isn’t new—it’s been there since 1895, but a recent clearing of trees has exposed the 10,000 square-foot former marine hospital to the Lagoon Pond, to cars entering Vineyard Haven via Beach Road and to boats leaving the harbor.

Each week the folks at Cinema Circus show a series of short films for kids at the Chilmark Community Center. Usually the films are shown on Wednesdays, but due to the Fourth of July falling on a Wednesday this year, the films will be shown on Monday, July 2. The screening begins at 6 p.m., but an hour earlier the circus — complete with jugglers, face painters, stilt walkers, food and music — gets underway.