What follows are excerpts from the Gazette’s live blog of the Morgan’s historic voyage from Newport, Rhode Island, to Vineyard Haven on Wednesday, June 18.

Island Health Care has received a grant to implement a new state-of-the-art telephone service.

The Island health organization will share a $825,000 grant from the Partnership for Community Health with five other community health centers, according to a press release.

On May 17 the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School named the tennis courts in my name. It was a huge honor that I will always treasure.

From the Vineyard Gazette edition of May 12, 1904: Story of the First Bombardment of the Island of Magdalena, as Told by Capt. Cyrus Manter, of West Tisbury. The Gazette is privileged to print the following, furnished the paper by a special correspondent.

Yes, Chilmark Sunday softball is about to begin — June 22 at Flander’s Field. What started out in the 1930s in a back lot on the Menemsha Inn Road, moved to Tommey’s Field, has blossomed into a summer ritual.

There has been much coverage recently of the new Vineyard House sober living community being built off Holmes Hole Road in Vineyard Haven.

The auction held on Friday, June 6, in support of the Windemere Nursing and Rehabilitation Center’s recreation department raised over $24,500.

I want to thank all the kind people who helped me care for my dog Velvet, who was a lovely 13-year-old black Labrador mix.

A recent publication contained notice of the summer junior golf program that will soon begin at the Edgartown Golf Club.

Hats off to the car and truck travelers on Lambert’s Cove Road for your patience and understanding of my slow down, pass wide, and wait hand signals while traffic-training my young gray horse, Rio.