Detective Victoria Turnbull is at it once again, sleuthing out the latest Vineyard mystery in The Bee Balm Murders. The fictional character created by writer, activist and innkeeper Cynthia Riggs may be 92 years old, but she isn’t slowing down in the least.

Neither is her creator.

Aquinnah Cultural Center

The Aquinnah Cultural Center opens its doors for the season on Saturday, June 11 at 1 p.m. This year, its sixth, the museum is extending its hours and will now close at 4 p.m. The museum exhibits center around traditional and 19th century Wampanoag culture and history.

Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children under 12.

As 42 people departed on foot from Sepiessa Point Reservation in West Tisbury at 9 a.m. sharp on Saturday morning, the air was a cool 50 degrees and the sky was clear blue. We were heading ultimately to Wilfred’s Pond Preserve in Vineyard Haven. The 15-mile walk would cross Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank properties, ancient ways and public roads that are hidden in the back woods of the Island.

From a Summer, 1992 Gazette:

“Edgartown, sometimes called Old Town, August 7, 1849. Half past five in the morning, and not another soul up in the house. A little rain last night, but a pretty fair and cool morning.” So wrote Daniel Webster at the Gibbs House in Edgartown on his second visit to the Vineyard. He had made one stay in Edgartown July 4, 1848, but no mention of the trip found its way into the Gazette.

GOOD FENCE VIEWERS

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

With the rolling fields of the Keith Farm next door and Lucy Vincent Beach in the distance, Chris Fischer tried to hand off a piglet over the fence at Beetlebung Farm

Editor’s Note: The Wampanoag Tribe of Martha’s Vineyard: Colonization to Recognition, is a newly published book by Thomas Dresser of Oak Bluffs. What follows is an excerpt from the chapter Sachems Under Duress. It appears here with permission from the author.

Keating Office Hours

Rep. Bill Keating’s staff will be holding mobile office hours on the Vineyard on Monday, June 13, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Shepherd Fine Artspace, 8 Uncas avenue in Oak Bluffs.

This is to serve any Island residents who can’t visit the congressman’s office because of time or location restrictions.

The John Havlicek Celebrity Fishing Tournament, a people-spotting fishing and golf tournament that raises money for the Genesis Fund, celebrates its 30th anniversary this week.

The contest has raised $2 million for the nonprofit organization committed to helping children with birth defects, genetic disorders and intellectual disabilities and their families.

The event was started by Boston Celtic legend John Havlicek and his wife, Beth.