Katie and Ben Stafford of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Bianca Mary Stafford, born on May 4 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Bianca weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces at birth.

Aline Honorato and Paulo De Moraes of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Yago Da Silva De Moraes, born on May 5 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Yago weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces at birth.

Elizangela Castro and Euclides Souza Neto of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Kevin Souza Castro, born on May 2 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Kevin weighed 5 pounds, 12.8 ounces at birth.

Pamela Debettencourt and Jason Bennett of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, Ayla Conroy Bennett, born on May 5 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Ayla weighed 8 pounds, 8.1 ounces at birth.

Evan Hall of Aquinnah was named to the fall 2012 dean’s list at Berklee College of Music.
 

In a widening rift between Edgartown leaders and the nonprofit Edgartown Library Foundation, the town library trustees voted Tuesday to ask the foundation to cease and desist fundraising for the library, and to remove the Edgartown library image and information from its website.

“They are no longer, in my opinion, supporting the library or doing any service to the library whatsoever, and because of that I’d like to make sure . . . that any reference to [the Edgartown Library Foundation] is removed from our website,” library trustee Julie Lively said.

The boys’ varsity tennis team suffered its first defeat of the season against a tough Barnstable squad Monday afternoon. The Vineyarders had not lost a match since June of 2011. Senior co-captain Justice Yennie's 54-match winning streak also came to an end.

A steady stream of high schoolers filed into the YMCA one afternoon last week, stopping at the Y cafe before heading into the teen center for the remainder of the day. One student ordered a smoothie, one ordered a muffin and another chose a large basket of french fries and a fountain soda.

“You can’t give kids bad choices because they’ll make them,” food consultant Kate Adamick said from a cafe table nearby.

A vast harbor improvement plan in Menemsha is largely complete after five months of work in the harbor. Chilmark executive secretary Tim Carroll said minor adjustments still need to be made, including replacing of some lightbulbs in bombards, finishing electrical work and securing the water line.
“The seagulls are already dropping lobster and crab claws on the docks,” Mr. Carroll said.

Spring is here at last, and Island Grown Schools celebrates the appearance of the first spring greens in school gardens across the Island.

We dedicated April to greens in our Harvest of the Month program, with taste tests at every school and school meals featuring local and regionally grown greens at least twice throughout the month.