BETTYE FOSTER BAKER
508-696-9983
Happy summer! Happy Fourth of July! How wonderful it is to be back on the Island after a long, snowy winter in Pennsylvania. It occurs to me each spring, when I return, that this is a revered destination. A place where if only for a few days or weeks we can get in touch with a universal need to change rhythm to a more Zen-like existence; to shed the stresses of the year and pause to examine in depth that which we have been too busy to appreciate during the year.
NANCY GARDELLA
508-693-3308
On Sunday morning, July 4, flags will go up at the Oak Grove Cemetery beginning at 7:30 a.m. Volunteers are needed to help with this patriotic task. The flags come down again at 3 p.m., and if you are not an early riser and want to help then, please come!
Welcome Agatha
Elizabeth and Eduardo Nunes of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Agatha Eliza, on June 22 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Agatha weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces at birth.
Welcome Eli
Angela and Josh Aronie of West Tisbury announce the birth of a son, Eli Gunner Elvis Danzer Aronie, on June 26 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Eli weighed 6 pounds 10 ounces at birth.
Announcing Victor
Michelinne Cardoso and Jadivan DaSilva of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Victor Carvalho DaSilva, on Sunday, June 27 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Victor weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces at birth.
Liam Arrives
Shawna Medeiros and John O’Donnell of Oak Bluffs anounce the birth of a son, Liam Sean O’Donnell, on June 30 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Liam weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces at birth.
Kyan Arrives
Patricia and Rodrigo Assis of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a baby boy, Kyan Oliveira Assis, on June 27 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Kyan weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces at birth; he joins big sisters Kylee and Kaelah.
The Martha’s Vineyard Donors Collaborative has started a new project to create an Islandwide volunteer database. The collaborative’s Web site has a list of volunteer opportunities ranging from answering the phone to keeping counts of horseshoe crabs. Check it out at mvdonors.org/volunteers.
By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL
Frank Foltz, the owner of Sundog, a men’s clothing store in Edgartown, hasn’t been around much. Instead of greeting his customers at the store, the active 77-year-old entrepreneur has been spending his time up in Jones Falls, Ontario, running a recently acquired 133-year-old historic hotel.
The Hotel Kenney, which comprises a number of buildings and even a small concert hall and docks, is being revitalized as one of the community’s top attractions.
As the nearly 800 members of Vineyard Power — the Island’s nascent energy cooperative — vote on their future, at least 12.5 per cent of them need to actually show up in person to legally do so as a quorum. Members who attended Wednesday night’s meeting to vote on rather mundane bylaw changes were disappointed to find that there were not enough in attendance to do so.
One audience member blamed the poor attendance on the lack of urgency in the cooperative’s electronic bulletin.
