Welcome, Lillian

Peter and Patricia Valenti of Edgartown are pleased to announce the birth of their first grandchild, Lillian Mae Laskowski, on Oct. 4, in Providence, R.I. Lillian, who weighed 7 pounds 7 ounces at birth, is the daughter of Brianna Valenti and Robert Laskowski of Providence. She is also welcomed by her uncles Michael, Andrew and Ethan Valenti.

JOHN S. ALLEY

508-693-2950

(alleys@vineyard.net)

The weekend weather, which was unseasonably mild, allowed for plenty of outdoor work to get done. Traffic was at a near standstill on Saturday and Sunday evenings as nearly all of the television sets in town were tuned into the Red Sox-Indians baseball games. All of Red Sox Nation is buzzing as we are now in the World Series.

Irish Music Saturday

The Arts and Society presents An Evening with David O’Docherty for traditional Irish music with story telling and infectious good humor, on Saturday, Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. at the Katharine Cornell Theatre on Spring street in Vineyard Haven.

Tickets are $15 general admission, or $12 for seniors and students at the door or for advance ticket sales at The Bunch of Grapes, Sun Porch Books and Edgartown Books.

JANE N. SLATER

508-645-3378

(slaterjn@comcast.net)

This week has been the peak for viewing the fall leaf colors. All our roads are pleasant to drive as they have many red and yellow trees along the roadsides. Wednesday’s rain showers and strong wind reduced some of the colorful display but the show should last another week or so.

The Women’s Symposium will meet tomorrow at 9 a.m. at the community center for their 10th year.

Polly Brown of Tisbury, a founder of the Spirit of the Vineyard Award, was herself honored with that award Saturday morning by her colleagues at Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard.

Hospice established the award a decade ago to honor volunteers who have given their time, talent and energy to a wide range of Vineyard charities over a long period of time.

More than 40 of her friends, including her brother, Daniel Putnam Brown Jr., gathered for a morning social and speeches at the Howes House in West Tisbury. The gathering was festive and the praise high.

Beginning today, Martha’s Vineyard Community Services will host the two-day fall training conference titled The Many Faces of Trauma at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury. The conference is an opportunity for Island professionals to learn more effective ways to link services and envision new ways to provide integrated services that will support families.

Red Stocking is a long-standing effort to provide food and clothing to Island children from birth through grade eight. Approximately 280 children were served last year by Red Stocking.

For the second week in a row, Chilmark selectmen on Tuesday addressed the continuing struggles of commercial fishermen on the Menemsha harborfront and the state of the town fishing industry.

A number of fishermen, members of the shellfish advisory committee and the town harbor master turned out to discuss rising fuel prices and hear a plan to survey the biology of Menemsha Pond in an effort to enhance fish stock.

At a special town meeting on Monday Chilmark voters will face a slew of town spending requests ranging from money for repairs on the fire station, police station and Squibnocket beach parking lot to design work for a new building on Menemsha harbor.

The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Chilmark Community Center. Moderator Everett H. Poole will preside over the session.

Perhaps it was only fitting that the public hearing before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission on a plan to expand the baseball field at Veira Park last Thursday took place during game five of the American League Championship Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians.

And both Jacobs Field in Cleveland and in the Olde Stone Building in Oak Bluffs saw their fair share of tense moments.