Red Stocking applications are available beginning Oct. 25 at locations around the Island. Red Stocking provides clothing, food and toys for Vineyard children in need from ages newborn to eighth graders at the holidays.

The 23rd Annual CROP Walk is Sunday, Oct. 27 with walkers meeting at 1:25 p.m. at St. Augustine’s Church on Franklin street in Vineyard Haven. The walk route is to Oak Bluffs and back again.

Pledges benefit local organizations working to alleviate hunger on the Island. Last year walkers and supporters raised $23,447, which brought the 22-year total raised to $359,085. A group of generous Islanders are pledging 20 cents for every dollar raised this year.

For information or for forms for sponsoring walkers, call the Rev. Alden Besse at 508-693-3930.

Crislaine Santos and Jacy Loose of West Tisbury announce the birth of a daughter, Julieanny S. Loose, born on Oct. 19 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Julieanny weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces at birth.

Meg Rottman and Michael Rottman of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Liam James Rottman, born on Oct. 16 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Liam weighed 8 pounds, 13 ounces at birth.

Stephen A. Duffy has been named the next head of school at Falmouth Academy by a unanimous vote of the school’s board of trustees. Currently, Mr. Duffy is upper school principal of Rutgers Preparatory School in Somerset, N.J. He will assume the Falmouth Academy position on July 1, 2014.

The Animal Shelter has an A.P.B. out for the owner of a large male cat found on Mount Aldworth avenue in Vineyard Haven. This handsome gentleman was trying to move in with a family who already had two cats. He is residing at the shelter until he is reclaimed by his owner or adopted. Sweet and friendly, this cat is quite distinctive with a prominent dark spot beside his nose and a few white hairs mixed into his otherwise smooth gray coat. He is on the larger side, somewhere around 15 pounds, a perfect lapful of purring.

Twenty years ago the Gazette had a story about the Flynn family having a great Island 100th anniversary. It began by saying, “This is not a story of a family. It is a story of an Island capable of bringing back, year after year, second cousins to romp with first cousins, sons in law to hunt and fish with fathers in law and grandsons. Also to bring brides and grooms to meet their new relations.”

Tyler McKay Sutherland, born May 25 in Newton, and Theodore (Teddy) Thomas McKay, born July 6 in Providence, recently made their first visits to Martha’s Vineyard. Tyler is the son of Julie McKay and Jon Sutherland of Natick. Teddy is the son of James and Jennifer McKay of Wrentham.

The weekend weather was mild and it allowed for plenty of outdoor work to get done. It’s time to turn off the outside water, put the hoses away and lower storm windows. Scarecrows and pumpkins dot the landscape these days in all parts of town.

A year ago I wrote about a small hidden graveyard with several unmarked stones on the Vineyard Haven-Edgartown Road, near the “County Road Oak Bluffs Next Right” sign. One headstone marks the resting place of Sarah Wilbur (April 15, 1792 to March 20, 1875) who I wasn’t certain was actually interred there. I recently lucked into a fascinating discussion on social media where Jessica Burnham shared Mrs. Wilbur’s fascinating story. She was a Norton and she and her husband farmed the land near the small cemetery. Some believe he is buried there, too, just with no stone.