Percy Dripps

Perry Dripps was graduated from the University of New Hampshire, summa cum laude, on Saturday, May 22, after completing his senior honors thesis in psychology. He was also inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. His proud parents are Betsy and Craig Dripps of West Tisbury.

Patty and Skip Vanderwarker of Spring Island, S.C., and West Chop, announce the marriage of their daughter, Meredith, to Tucker Martin, on Saturday, June 13, 2009. Mr. Martin is the son of Patty and Emerson Martin of New Canaan, Conn.

Ives — Kelley

Peter and Clare Ives, of Aquinnah, announce the engagement of their daughter, Chelsea Ives, to Sean Kelley. Sean is the son of Michael and Paula Kelley, of Newburyport. A September 2011 wedding is planned.

McGovern — Dowling

Maryellen and Joseph McGovern of Narragansett, R.I., announce the engagement of their daughter Kathryn to Michael Dowling, son of Jeanne and Douglas Dowling of Vineyard Haven.

At a meeting Friday morning, the Martha’s Vineyard airport commission swiftly approved a request for Nectar’s nightclub, and partners Flatbread Pizza Company, to sublease the Outerland property for a second season.

A yenta, in Jewish tradition, is a woman who without invitation meddles in other people’s business.

Merissa Nathan Gerson, 28, who grew up in Washington, D.C., and spent summers in Chilmark, (her mother is cookbook author Joan Nathan, her father Allan Gerson, an attorney), has launched a Web site and advice column called Ask Your Yenta.com, in the process single-handedly reinventing the role for the new generation.

It was a community bash for Mary Fisher’s 103rd birthday on Monday. The outdoor party at Windemere Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center included refreshments and a big birthday cake. Sunscreen was passed around along with colorful, bright hats for the residents.

High praise was offered to the Edgartown fourth grade teacher who retired 40 years ago and is still remembered fondly by former students. And to the staff at the nursing home, Mrs. Fisher is a star.

While many people this week were thinking beach, as summer weather settled over the Island, at the Martha’s Vineyard Arena they were thinking ice.

Good ice is essential to good skating, and a good Zamboni machine is essential to good ice.

And after months of planning, wishing and fund-raising, the arena has a new Zamboni.

The machine that resurfaces the ice, made by the Zamboni family company, arrived at the arena on Tuesday morning after a journey from Paramount, Calif.

Both the boys’ and girls’ lacrosse teams defeated their inter-Island rivals from Nantucket this week, as the girls rolled over the Whalers by a final of 18-5 and the boys won by a comfortable margin of 10-5. In recent years the teams have engaged in epic battles on both sides of the Sound, as both schools have featured strong lacrosse programs.

Colley Graduates

Christina Marie Colley, daughter of Carlos and Joanne Colley of Oak Bluffs, earned a bachelor of arts, magna cum laude in psychology and elementary education, from Saint Michael’s College, on May 13, 2010, in ceremonies held on the campus of the liberal arts residential Catholic college located in the Burlington area of Vermont.