Ambulance Open House

The Tisbury volunteer ambulance service will celebrate National Emergency Medical Services Week with an open house on Saturday, May 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Tisbury police and ambulance facility at the Water street parking lot next to the Stop & Shop in Vineyard Haven. More information is available by calling 508-696-4214.

Art students at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School will paint a mural on the exterior wall of the Stop & Shop food market next to the Water street parking lot in Vineyard Haven, following a move by the Tisbury selectmen to sanction a public art proposal presented by interested town citizens.

For the past 13 years, Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation has been working to restore the farm fields at Nat’s Farm in West Tisbury to native grassland, using prescribed fire and mowing.

In areas that have not been burned or mowed, there are hundreds of small cedars from eight to 36 inches tall.

Forty contestants from Island elementary schools participated last Saturday in the fifth annual Model Solar Car Race, held at the basketball court at the Chilmark Community Center.

Beginning with a standard kit of parts supplied by the Vineyard Energy Project, participating fifth and sixth graders put their technical knowledge, design sense and creativity to the test. Design of the cars was constrained only by the need to collect the sun’s rays.

Friday, May 16: Warm morning. Temperature close to the 60s. Rainy afternoon. Heavy showers pass over the Vineyard at the dinner hour. Cool damp evening. Bustling traffic at Five Corners as wet weekenders come off the boat pulling heavy baggage.

Saturday, May 17: A dramatic change comes to a stormy rainy morning. Clear skies from the west arrive bringing warm, summerlike sunshine. By afternoon the skies are clear and the air is warm. A beach-walking afternoon. Breezy along the shore.

A thoroughly refurbished schooner Shenandoah was relaunched Saturday morning at Boothbay Harbor in Maine.

The Shenandoah, one of the Black Dog tall ships that sail from Vineyard Haven harbor, had undergone about six months of extensive rebuilding at the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard.

“We essentially did what is referred to as retopping — a rebuilding of the vessel from the waterline up,” said Bob Foster, a spokesman for the shipyard.

By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL

Memorial Day weekend on the waterfront comes early this year and the fish seem to know it. Bluefish, striped bass and all the right fish already are here and even more fish are arriving.

The prevailing word on the waterfront is that the best is yet to come. The seasonal migration below the surface that began well over a month ago is still underway.

Temperature: Precip.

Day Max. Min. Inches.

Fº Fº

May 16 67 48 .00

May 17 59 47 1.01

May 18 68 50 .01

May 19 69 50 .08

May 20 61 45 Trace

May 21 59 45 .50

May 22 65 50 Trace

Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 58º F.

Semester Abroad

Sarah Greenberg of West Tisbury participated in the Washington Semester Abroad at American University. Ms. Greenberg, a student at Tufts University, took part in the American politics program.

The program offers undergraduate students from throughout the United States and the world an opportunity to come to the nation’s capital to study government through first-hand experience and contact with political, business and community leaders.

Teen Tribal Dinner

The Wampanoag Youth Group will be sponsoring a spaghetti dinner today, Friday, May 23, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the tribal building at 20 Black Brook Road in Aquinnah.

There will be traditional song and dance with the Black Brook Singers and youth dancers. Vineyard businesses and artisans have donated gifts for a silent auction. The group will be selling their T-shirts and sweatshirts, among other items.