Tuesday morning, Tisbury selectman Denys Wortman surveyed the old Tashmoo pumping station with his hands on his hips.

The place smelled like a damp basement, with dank cement and fresh cut plywood. Each step was accompanied with the tiny crunch of dirt and concrete pebbles. The ceiling was patchy. Flies orbited a hanging light fixture as the morning rays intruded through the broken window panes. White plaster flaked off the brick walls and a green mold seemed to have grown from the floor.

Leading a tour of the Sengekontacket, Felix Neck guide Emily Smith rounded Sarsons Island Friday in her red kayak and stopped. Something in the pond had caught her eye. She backtracked, peered into the water for a few moments and then pulled out a horseshoe crab. The kayakers on the tour crowded around for a look, bumping their boats together as they packed in. She flipped the crab over to show its small legs squirming in the air and began spelling out facts about the creature.

Nevette Previd and John Guadagno were married on Feb. 16 in Tulum, Mexico.
The bride is the daughter of Delena and Franco Previd of Harwich. The bridegroom is the son of Sharon and Angelo Guadagno of Boston and Edgartown.

Ann Marie Healy Weds

Dr. Bruce W. Herdman

Ann Marie Healy married Dr. Bruce William Herdman on May 10 at Wasque on the bluff overlooking Swan Pond, Chappaquiddick.

Dr. Susan Herdman, the bridegroom’s twin sister, officiated.

The bride was a resident of Glenolden, Pa. She is the daughter of Marlene and Frank Healy of Glenolden.

The bridegroom is a resident of Woodstown, N.J. He is the son of Agnes and the late William Herdman of Yardley, Pa.

On Wednesday, July 9, at 7:30 p.m. the Polly Hill Arboretum kicks off its summer lecture series with Chanticleer Gardens horticulturalist and woodworker Dan Benarcik.

The Holmes Hole Sailing Association has launched its series of handicap sailboat races from Vineyard Haven harbor.

On Sunday, the association held its Robinson’s Hole Rendezvous Race. Robinson’s Hole is a passage from Vineyard Sound to Buzzards Bay at the west end of Naushon Island.

It was a mostly sunny morning with a brisk southwest wind filling in for the 10 a.m. start outside of the Vineyard Harbor breakwater. Six boats posted for the start.

Hello, Sophia

Vanessa J. and Dhionyo Sampaio of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Sophia Jahara Sampaio, on June 18 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Sophia weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces at birth.

Hello, Micah

Christopher Nolin and Nancie Nolin are proud to announce the arrival of Micah Clarence, who was born June 3 at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vt. He is the grandson of Vineyard Haven resident Nancy Tarter Nevin. Micah Clarence weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces.

Hello, Ellery

Caitlyn Van Linda and Morgan Reitzas of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Ellery Maxwell Reitzas, on June 11 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Ellery weighed 6 pounds, 9 and 1/2 ounces at birth.

JUNE D. MANNING

508-645-2574

(lthslnks@gis.net)

The annual Fourth of July Aquinnah parade will be held on Old South Road for all Aquinnah residents to enjoy. The festivities begin at 9:45 a.m. at the home of Tom and Christine Murphy to line up by age for the parade. Face painting and tattoos will take place from 9:45 to 10:30 a.m. at the Murphy home.