Corrections

A story about Island birder Warren Woessner in last Friday’s Gazette incorrectly stated the date of the sighting of the red-footed falcon. The rare bird was spotted on the Island in 2004.

A story about Meet the Coaches night at the regional high school on Tuesday incorrectly stated the time of the event. It begins at 6 p.m.

The Gazette regrets the errors.

The Island’s reputation as a cultural hot spot is deserved, according to a recent study that says artistic and cultural endeavors are twice as prevalent on the Vineyard as elsewhere in the state.

Alexandra Flake of Vineyard Haven has been named to the dean’s list at Union College for the 2011-2012 academic year.

Christopher and Joanne Nelson- Unczur of Pittsfield announce the birth of a son, Jack Arthur, on August 3 at Cooley-Dickinson Hospital in Northhamptom. Jack weighed nine pounds and measured 21 inches at birth. His grandparents are Henry and Linda Unczur of Vineyard Haven and Dan and Rose Nelson of Ballston Spa, N.Y. Great grandparents are Priscilla Dickson of Vineyard Haven and the late Arthur B. Dickson.

A New Jersey man was med-flighted to a Boston area hospital Friday after being injured when the moped he was operating collided with a Jeep on State Road in West Tisbury, police said.

According to a police report, Robert Czech, 47, of Clifton, N.J., sustained injuries after being ejected from his moped. His passenger, Emily McDonald, 25, of New York, N.Y., was also injured and taken to the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, West Tisbury police Cpl. Garrison Vieira said Friday.

Martha’s Vineyard voters will weigh in on a contested congressional seat and see several new faces vying for spots on the Martha’s Vineyard Commission when they go to the polls this fall.

In the new 9th congressional district, formed by redistricting last fall, Democrat Cong. William Keating will face a primary challenger in Bristol county district attorney C. Samuel Sutter, who lives in Fall River.

The Pit Stop is located inside an inconspicuous garage across the street from Tony’s Market in Oak Bluffs and is hard to find even when you’re looking right at it. A small marquee out front advertises the night’s musical entertainment and a white hand-painted sign directs visitors around an old trailer to the entrance at the back of the building.

When filmmaker Lauren Greenfield began filming the lives of billionaires Jackie and David Siegel, she focused on the way their story reflected different aspects of the American Dream. Mr. Siegel was a self-made man who had built the largest time-share company in the United States. Mrs. Siegel, former engineering student and fashion model, was his charming trophy wife who had her heart set on building and occupying the largest single-family home in America.

From Gazette editions of July, 1934:

Here it is, summer on Martha’s Vineyard, a pleasant time at a pleasant place. We are always tempted at about this phase of every summer season to look around and take stock, or, if that is too businesslike a phrase to use in association with the Island, to form a picture of the busy, idle summer.

I noticed the oaks right away. My first visit to the Vineyard was in spring 2002 when the abundant oak trees were raining down yellow pollen. Later, after moving to the Island while my daughter was playing at the West Tisbury School playground, I wandered off into the woods to look at the trees. I was gleeful to discover five oak species, including Quercus alba, the white oak. A young mother asked why I was so excited. After I explained my love affair with oaks, and my new position at the arboretum, she gave me some input: “I hate oaks; they’re everywhere.