Kimberlie Lynch and Steven Schwartz of Durango, Colo., are pleased to announce their marriage on Monday, July 22 during a full moon evening in Vineyard Haven.

Seaman Apprentice Nicholas Gonsalves, formerly of Oak Bluffs, graduated from the United States Coast Guard Training Center at Cape May in New Jersey on Sept. 21.

Miss Julia Mitchell Ravenscroft, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Kent Ravenscroft of Edgartown and Paris, France, and Jesse David Davis, son of Kathy Miller of Sonoma, Calif., and Jack Davis of Darien, Conn., were married on Saturday, Sept. 28 on Lighthouse Beach in Edgartown.

Ila Briggs Halby and Peter Halby of Vineyard Haven and Lincoln, Vt., announce the birth of a son, John Briggs Halby, born on Sept. 22 in Vermont. John weighed 7 pounds at birth. John joins his big brother Truman at home.

Erin and Daniel Lashnits Herman of Vineyard Haven and Berkeley, Calif., announce the home birth of their daughter, Ada Frances Herman, on August 10 in Berkeley. Ada weighed 8 pounds at birth. Her grandparents are Annette and Ken Herman of New Zealand and Connecticut, and Carol Lashnits of Vineyard Haven and the late Kevin Coughlin, formerly of Vineyard Haven.

Nicole and James Hayes of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Lillian Christine Hayes, born on Oct. 6 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Lillian weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces at birth.