HOLLY NADLER

508-274-2329

(hollynadler@gmail.com)

This is the week of the Imaginary Tick. It isn’t as if we don’t have actual ticks. We have ticks trekking up our shirts, hiding in our sleeves, lurking in our blankets and, of course, embedding in the pelts of our dogs. This happens even when we’ve Frontlined the pooches, because it takes a while for those intrepid little bugs to discover they’ve hopped a ride on a moving Love Canal.

KATHIE CASE

508-627-5349

(kathleencase@comcast.net)

Well, happy spring. We have had a great week and the weather has been typically warm during the day and cool at night. We are still telling people at the nursery to be careful with the plants as some people had frost last week. It has been said the frost warnings stop on May 15; however, according to The Old Farmers Almanac, you should wait until the last full moon of the month to plant which is May 27.

Please Adopt Us

Are you missing a cat from the Turkeyland Cove area of Edgartown? The Edgartown animal control officer brought a lovely tuxedo (black and white ) intact male cat to the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard that was picked up as a stray in that area near the Fay estate. He will be neutered next week and given his shots and then be ready for adoption if no one claims him.

Temperature: Precip.

Day Max. Min. Inches.

Fº Fº

May 14 62 48 .03

May 15 66 52 .07

May 16 73 52 .00

May 17 70 44 .00

May 18 71 49 .00

May 19 58 50 2.77

May 20 65 50 .02

Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 62º F.

Chilmark is a busy place. The town hall is buzzing with meetings at all hours, and when folks aren’t planning our future they are working on their own. The future of Silva Farm is under discussion and the fishermen are hopefully turning out for the Commercial Fishermen’s dinner at the Home Port on May 26 and for the documentary movie to be shown at the library on June 9. Many gardens are getting planted and lobster pots are being set. Food seems to be the priority in all these happenings . . . and how can that be bad?

NANCY GARDELLA

508-693-3308

(vhavenvgazette@yahoo.com)

Robert Arrives

Marianna and Bob Cornelius of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Robert Craig Cornelius 3rd, born on May 14, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Robert weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces at birth.

Hello, Ariel

Patricia Meyer and Marcelo Meyer of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, Ariel Maeda Meyer, born on April 30, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Ariel weighed 6 pounds, 11.8 ounces at birth.

Welcome Colby

Kimberly and John D’Arcy of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, Colby Shea D’Arcy, born on May 18, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Colby weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces at birth.

Three More Shows at Spoon in the Moon

Night falls in Tisbury, and the Vineyard Playhouse again becomes the Spoon in the Moon Coffeehouse.