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Welcome Elle

Lauren and Nate Morgan, of Chilmark, announce the birth of a daughter, Elle Caroline Morgan, born on Jan. 31 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

Hello Nash

Tara Reynolds and Owen Willis, of Chilmark, announce the birth of a son, Nash Fuller Willis, born on July 25 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

Hello Quint

Jesse and Dennis Michael Jason, of Chilmark, announce the birth of a son, Quint Joseph Jason, born on March 24.

Welcome Lucy

Allie and Nick Axelrod, of Brooklyn, announce the birth of a daughter, Lucy Vincent Vivienne Axelrod, born on Jan. 13.

Obituaries

Joan Kocian, 89

Joan Kocian, a longtime resident of West Tisbury and Chilmark, died at age 89 on August 9 in Sarasota, Fla. She is survived by her sons Michael and Keith and daughter-in-law Lisa.

Elizabeth Weinstock, 85

Former New Yorker staff writer and acclaimed author Elizabeth Hawes Weinstock died at her Chilmark home on June 29 She was 85.