Walking Tall, for a Good Cause

This evening begins one of the most poignant and boisterous and multigenerational and successful of the many annual fundraisers on the Island — the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.

No Longer Golden Pond

Sengekontacket Pond is in trouble, but not from bacterial contamination, making the state-mandated summer closures on the pond, now in their second year, seem like a bureaucratic farce.

On the strength of four entries, the Edgartown library won five state awards for excellence last month from the Massachusetts Library Association.

At the association’s annual convention in Springfield, the library won awards in every category it had entered, plus a special statewide honor as well.

The annual contest involves academic, public, school and special libraries across the state. Small communities like Edgartown compete against much larger urban facilities like those of Newton and Cambridge.

Nell Fields, chaplain and director of the Hope Project at Westborough State Hospital, will preach at the Chilmark Community Methodist Church on Sunday, June 7 at 9 a.m. Ms. Fields holds a Masters of Divinity from Andover Newton Theological School. The Hope Project is a multi-year, multi-disciplinary, hospital-wide initiative on hope therapy, a cognitive-based intervention designed to teach patients skills and strategies to increase hopefulness.

University Dean’s List

The following students were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2008 semester at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst: Carlos J. Ventura Jr. and Cassandra L, Nordstrom of Edgartown; Ashley E. Rebello, Benjamin A. Madeiras and Jesse H. Nicholson of Oak Bluffs; Allison C. Brown, Julius B. Lowe, Kathryn D. Hakala, Maximillian W. Gibbs and Ruby R. Hoy of Vineyard Haven; and Chantal M. Gomes of West Tisbury.

JO-ANN TILGHMAN

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Temperature: Precip.

Day Max. Min. Inches.

Fº Fº

May 29 61 52 .09

May 30 62 56 .27

May 31 74 51 .00

June 1 71 44 .00

June 2 64 53 .00

June 3 66 55 .03

June 4 70 54 .63

Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 64º F.

Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School held their honors night yesterday at 7 p.m. at the performing arts center with principal Stephen Nixon announcing the following awards:

Art: Excellence in drawing and painting, Lauren Petkus; excellence in photography and graphics, Raymond Ewing; excellence in 3d design and architecture, Douglas Fraser and Clarissa Murphy; excellence in crafts and sculpture, Brianna Buchanan.

The regional high school boys’ tennis team fought valiantly on Wednesday in the second round of the Division 3 state tournament against number three seed Dover-Sherborn, but in the end fell to the defending South Sectional champions 4-1.

Despite the loss the Vineyard boys had a remarkable season, going 15-5 overall and advancing to the semifinals of the state tournament for the first time. Dover-Sherborn improved to 16-1 with the win.

KATHIE CASE

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We are all still waiting for the heat to arrive. I have seen so many people with their warm jackets on, including myself, but we have to smile as the Island is blooming with green, and the iris’s are out and many other spring flowers.