By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG

In a move aimed at curbing the unlawful use of the Greenlands by dirt bikers, the West Tisbury conservation commission voted Tuesday night to put up five new warning signs at entrances to the preserved area.

The vote comes in response to several complaints received by the environmental police and a group called the Friends of the Greenlands.

Milestones

On the weekend of May 13 to 15, the Rotary Club of Martha’s Vineyard hosted approximately 200 active Rotarians at the annual district 7950 conference held at the Harbor View Hotel in Edgartown.

JANE N. SLATER

508-645-3378

(slaterjn@comcast.net)

Something jump started summer in Chilmark. After several rollicking thunderstorms, the weather took a right turn and the beach crowds appeared. There are a remarkable number of vacationers here already.

I must comment on how beautiful the dogwood trees were this month. They must have benefited by the wet spring as the trees seemed heavy with blossoms this season. Hope you had one blooming in your neighborhood.

Matthew Stackpole has ridden the crest of so many successful Island endeavors for so long, it should be no surprise that on Saturday, July 9, he will receive a coveted Island award. Mr. Stackpole is the recipient of the second Walter Cronkite Award; he will be honored at the 20th annual Seafood Buffet and Auction, a fund-raiser for Sail Martha’s Vineyard at Tisbury Wharf.

Sixteen-month-old Tanner Weiss wants his daddy. The toddler is on the sidelines of Flanders Field, pouting and stretching out his arms toward third base, where Larry Weiss is holding down the fort for Sig’s Sluggers.

For its first birthday, the Island’s newest community center got a new name: The Swartz Family YMCA is what the sign reads above the door to the 35,000-square foot building housing a pool, fitness center, cafe and gathering place for thousands of Islanders.

Donors Jim and Susan Swartz, who have given $3 million to the cause, were honored at a one-year anniversary ceremony at the YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard on Thursday, when the sign was unveiled.

Landscape Artistry

Camp Be-Someone-Else

Be the star you know you are. The curtain is about to go up for summer theatre arts camp for ages 9 to 14 at the Vineyard Playhouse. Camp begins on Tuesday, July 5 and afterwards runs Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through August 26.

Camp directors Liz Hartford and Mac Young are returning this summer, along with Katharine Pilcher. The camps are designed to be small and nurturing with an average of 12 to 15 campers per week.

Silly Shakespeare Is Brain Candy

Where can you watch trained professionals and not-even-potty-trained extras take the stage together? The Fabulists’ theatre for kids, that’s where.

Free Pancakes

It’s a freedom festival of the most floury kind. Pancakes for free and someone else is making them. What more could a harried vacationer ask for?

The breakfast party is being thrown on Monday, July 4 by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in honor of our veterans. The eating begins at 8:30 a.m. and the flapjacks are flipped until 10 p.m. at the Merchants Mart off State Road in Vineyard Haven.

For more details, call 774-563-0460.