At a Harvard Law School event a few weeks ago that honored Alan Dershowitz’s career, Larry David sent a video.
“Look, the world is divided into two groups of people,” Mr. Dershowitz said, quoting Mr. David, an actor and fellow seasonal Vineyarder. “There are people who don’t know Alan and hate him. People who know Alan and love him. I’m in a third category. I know Alan really well and I hate his guts.”

Abigail Higgins is a wealth of information. She always has an answer for my garden questions. Recently I rang her concerning dahlias. Mine had experienced a light freeze.

Daniel Pinkwater, a writer of children’s and young adult fiction, contends that “Werewolves are much more common animals than you might think.”

The thought of alerting bird watchers to make sure their bird baths are full on Oct. 31 never crossed my mind. However, I find that with this drought, the birds in my yard and the woods and fields that surround my home are looking hard for sources of water.

The arborists at Beetlebung Tree Care hope their treetop handiwork doesn’t cause an accident this week.

But it’s not their lofty tree-pruning that they’re worried about. It’s a papier-mache and hay arborist hanging at the entrance to the West Tisbury business.

His name is the Singing Arborist and the Scared Crow, and he is a scarecrow. He’s tied into the tree about 20 feet above the ground, with state-of-the-art climbing gear, including a brand new climbing rope, a saddle and a prusik. A papier-mache crow squawks beside him.

Nicholas H. Gross, formerly of West Tisbury, has been hired as a public involvement specialist/planner at the Boston engineering consulting firm Howard/Stein-Hudson Associates.

Kimberlie Lynch and Steven Schwartz of Durango, Colo., are pleased to announce their marriage on Monday, July 22 during a full moon evening in Vineyard Haven.

Rose Ryley and Robert Courcier of Oak Bluffs were married at the Sailing Camp on Oct. 12. The parents of the bride, Robert Ryley and Maure Fennessy Ryley of Brewster, and the parents of the groom, Bruce Courcier and Carol Lynn Courcier of North Falmouth, were in attendance, providing their continued support and love for the couple who celebrated with their friends and family.

Katherine Kitson Lolley and William Bradley Hawkins were married on Sept. 7 in a garden ceremony at Atria Restaurant in Edgartown.

Miss Julia Mitchell Ravenscroft, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Kent Ravenscroft of Edgartown and Paris, France, and Jesse David Davis, son of Kathy Miller of Sonoma, Calif., and Jack Davis of Darien, Conn., were married on Saturday, Sept. 28 on Lighthouse Beach in Edgartown.