Jewish Heritage

Two rabbinical students arrive on Island today as part of the Chabad-Lubavitch Summer Peace Corps, as the summer project of this Hasidic movement in Orthodox Judaism is generally known.

Hauling suitcases of videos, brochures, books, Shabbat candles, mezuzahs (a religious scroll placed on doorways) and kosher food, Yishai Eliefja and Yitzchok Kravitsky will be teaching classes and visiting Jewish residents door to door, reaching out to help Jews rediscover their heritage.

Still On a Mission from God

Missing your soul men? Well, weep no longer because the Official Blues Brothers Revue will be rocking the pews at Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs this Thursday, July 1 at 8:30 p.m.

From Gazette editions of May, 1960:

WIND TOWERS

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

I just don’t feel comfortable that any planning agency on this Island has the comprehension or rules in place to handle the potential for the proliferation of hundreds of steel towers that may be constructed on this Island in the coming years.

Lisa Fisher is protective of the word organic. She guards it like one of her precious artichokes, pays close attention to the term as she tends her string beans, and cares for it like the tomatoes that are just beginning to ripen.

There are nearly 90 certified organic farms across Massachusetts. Ms. Fisher’s Stannard Farms in West Tisbury is the only one on the Vineyard.

Art and Music

You know it’s summer in Edgartown when you hear the music ringing out from the porch of the Eisenhauer Gallery. This is the gallery’s 10th year, and it continues its summer concert series with the Mike Benjamin Band’s return to the courtyard on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m.

Lightkeepers Inn

The Lightkeepers Inn on Simpson’s Lane in Edgartown has been selected an editor’s choice in the Yankee Magazine’s recommendations for best family accommodations in Massachusetts for 2010. The Lightkeepers Inn is all suites; each two-room suite features a kitchen/living room as well as a separate bedroom.

First Babies: Welcome

Charlie and MacKenna

The first babies were born in the maternity unit at the new Martha’s Vineyard Hospital last week: first a boy and then a girl.

Gretta Gonzalez and Mario Arellano welcomed Charlie into the world at 9:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23. Charlie weighed three pounds, six ounces at birth, and joins big brother Mario Jr.

Announcing Míra

MíraCatríona Davis was born to Sarah and Jake Davis on June 7, at home in Chilmark. She is joyously welcomed by big brother Cian and the families of Dave and Karen (Kohlberg) Davis, of Chilmark and Petersham, and Kay and Denis Hegarty of Dublin, Ireland.

Hit me! No, not with your classic cruiser, your hot rod or your muscle machine. All of these cars were part of the Aquinnah Power Cruise, and those shown above were stopped at Al’s Package Store to get a card that might give them four-of-a-kind, a full house or royal flush in the poker run. There were four more stops before the big gathering at the Cliffs.