A 23-year-old West Tisbury woman was arrested on multiple drug charges on Saturday after she was reportedly caught with 60 grams of heroin she planned to bring to the Vineyard on the Island Queen ferry.

Lyndsey Gonsalves was charged with possession of heroin (subsequent offense) as well as distribution of and trafficking heroin after police caught her with approximately $20,000 worth of heroin in Falmouth. Ms. Gonsalves was accompanied by her three-year-old child at the time of her arrest, Falmouth police said.

Make Your Own Balm

On Tuesday, August 19 Holly Bellebuono of Vineyard Herbs returns to the Polly Hill Arboretum for her popular salve-making workshop.

This fun, hands-on workshop starts with a walk to identify and collect medicinal herbs and weeds on the arboretum grounds. Then participants make their own oil infusions and beeswax-based ointments. Learn practical knowledge on when and how to use herbal salves and take home your useful creations.

Conservation biologist Dr. Richard Primack will give a talk on climate change and bird migration patterns on Wednesday, August 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Polly Hill Arboretum. A favorite sign of spring is the arrival of the migratory birds we await each year. There are signs that these birds are returning earlier each year in Massachusetts. The evidence is in our own backyards.

Author Carol Gilligan discusses Kyra, her first book of fiction on Thursday, August 21, is free from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Chilmark Public Library.

Dr. Gilligan is most known for her nonfiction bestseller In a Different Voice. Although her previous writings have been works of nonfiction, Dr. Gilligan published Kyra in January of this year. Kyra is a Cambridge-based architect who spends time on Nashawena, one of the Elizabeth Islands. She seeks psychological counseling after falling in and out of love for the first time since the death of her husband ten years before.

Little Trustees

Families with children three to five years old are invited to join The Trustees of Reservations in their Tiny Trustees series, Teach Me How. The next program will take place on Thursday August 21 from 10 to 11 a.m. To sign up, call 508-693-7662.

Welcome Brady

Heidi and Asa Vought of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Brady Nicholas Vought, on August 7, at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Brady weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces at birth. He is also welcomed by big brother Micah.

Two Preachers Celebrate

Chapel Founders’ Day

It’s called the Dairy Farm Preservation Act, but legislation signed into law last week by Gov. Deval Patrick will be a boost for all kinds of small farmers. The law will make available more grant money and funds, will create a special board to promote dairy farming in the commonwealth and will increase to 10 miles the distance farmers can drive their unregistered tractors and farm equipment.

The 208-foot ship Thomas Jefferson is surveying the bottom of Vineyard Sound and surrounding waters as part of the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s ongoing effort to document the oceans and inland waterways and update nautical charts.

The work is expected to finish this week.

Farm to School Primer

Noli Taylor, Aquinnah resident and program coordinator for the Island Grown Initiative, will discuss the Island Grown Schools program and ways for Vineyarders and visitors to get involved on Thursday, August 21. Island Grown Schools, part of the national farm to school movement, seeks to increase the amount of Island-grown foods served in Vineyard schools, develop school gardens at every school here, increase in-class agricultural education, and strengthen ties between Island family farms and schools.