Dean’s List at Merrimack

Merrimack College in North Andover recently announced two Vineyard students who were named to the fall 2008 dean’s list: Timothy L. McHugh of Edgartown and Joshua D. Wild of Vineyard Haven.

Gas

Menemsha Texaco still beats everyone’s price but Edgartown and Vineyard Haven have some bargains now.

Prices for regular unleaded gas as of May 6:

Edgartown

Airport Mobil $2.759 Depot Corner $2.699

Edgartown Mobil $2.759

Oak Bluffs

deBettencourt’s $2.789

Jim’s $2.729

Vineyard Haven

Citgo $2.699

Tisbury Shell $2.699

West Tisbury

Up-Island Automotive $2.759

Menemsha

Menemsha Texaco $2.599

If you are a young fisherman, or the parent of same, the best advice for tonight is go to bed early. The 35th annual Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club trout tournament begins at first light at Duarte’s Pond in West Tisbury.

As many as 200 children are expected at the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank property off Lambert’s Cove Road. The pond was stocked yesterday with hatchery trout.

Organizers are counting on the fish to be hungry.

Temperature: Precip.

Day Max. Min. Inches.

Fº Fº

May 1 60 49 Trace

May 2 58 51 .17

May 3 63 45 .03

May 4 57 48 .29

May 5 57 49 .53

May 6 53 47 1.16

May 7 58 48 .10

Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 56º F.

In their first official gathering following last week’s annual town meeting, Chilmark selectmen approved a list of finalists for a new chief of police and approved two new restaurant licenses in the town.

And, in a board reshuffle, J.B. Riggs Parker was accepted as chairman, then promptly announced his retirement.

A group of Vermont nightclub owners aim to open for business on the property formerly housing the Outerland nightclub this summer.

Partners in Ya Dude LLC, who operate Nectar’s nightclub in Burlington, Vt., want to sublet the property from Bar LLC. the company owned by Barry and Mona Rosenthal, who operated Outerland for three years until last fall.

First they need the approval of the Martha’s Vineyard airport commission, which owns the property, and also the Edgartown selectmen, who issue the liquor license for the club.

A dead 40-foot whale washed up at South Beach in Edgartown on Friday. The sei whale may have been killed by a boat propeller.

David Grunden, the Oak Bluffs shellfish constable and member of the Island’s marine mammal stranding network, and his team investigated. Mr. Grunden believes the sei whale probably had been dead for a week or more.

Tomorrow is the full moon, known this month as the Honey Moon. The moon rises in the east at about the time the sun sets in the west and is in the zodiacal constellation Libra.

Correction

The wedding planner supplement that is included in today’s edition contains a typographical error in a caption on Page Seven. The bridegroom’s name is Matthew Borkow. The Gazette regrets the error.

JOHN S. ALLEY

508-693-2950

(alleys@vineyard.net)

The weekend weather was a mixed bag. Last Saturday, an Island-wide bike race was held even though the weather was raw and filled with showers.

The orioles (birds that is) will be returning to town soon. The late Emma Whiting had records to prove that they always return by the 12th, and bird watchers will keep a sharp eye out for them on Tuesday.