Ms. Murphy Graduates

Jennifer Murphy, daughter of James and Susan Murphy of Vineyard Haven, graduated from Hartwick College in Oneonta, N.Y. with a degree in buisness administration this past May. Jennifer particpated in varsity field hocky, lacrosse and the student-athlete advisory committee and graduated Cum Laude.

Army Pvt. Timothy M. Silvia has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot marches, armed and unarmed combat, and field maneuvers and tactics.

If a meeting of the Edgartown planning board this week is any example, the wind power debate doesn’t get any easier once it moves on shore.

As the Chilmark selectmen begin to explore funding options for expensive reconstruction needs following last month’s fire in Menemsha, they said this week that other spending projects may need to wait.

The final numbers aren’t in quite yet, but an air of hope and patience remains at Martha’s Vineyard Community Services days after the 32nd annual Possible Dreams auction.

“We’re thoroughly pleased,” Community Services executive director Julia Burgess said yesterday. “We got well over $300,000 and we expect to get more.”

Ms. Burgess said the final number will not be available for two weeks and the tallying of the donations is ongoing as donations continue to come in.

Tiny oysters paint the bottom of Tisbury and Edgartown Great Ponds. There has been a huge set of oysters this summer and the future looks bright for a bumper crop to be ready for harvest in three years. And all this is welcome news to a community of shellfish biologists, shellfish constables and water quality experts who have worked for years trying to restore what was historically a prosperous and healthy fishery.

By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL

Some of the prettiest and fastest sailboats in the region will be in Edgartown this weekend for the 17th annual Edgartown Yacht Club 12-metre regatta. At least seven are expected from Newport.

At the foot of Main street in Edgartown two 80-foot masts tower over the yacht club clubhouse.

Some Islanders may have noticed a strange breed of three-wheeled mini-cars stationed along Lake avenue in the heart of Oak Bluffs this summer. They may have also noticed that the vehicles haven’t budged much from their current parking spaces. And Oak Bluffs town officials say it is likely to stay that way.

The word is an odd collection of syllables. It sounds strange to many ears. And the Vineyard is the only place in the world where the word is used, most notably at the famous crossroad in the center of Chilmark. But have you ever stopped to think where the word beetlebung comes from?

It’s a precarious time in the energy story of the Vineyard. Massive offshore turbine development seems all but inevitable and yet no shovels have broken the seabed. And this Sunday a group from the Vineyard and Beacon Hill want to talk about it all, at a forum titled The Island’s Future Blowin, in the Wind.