Design Award

Hutker Architects Inc. of Vineyard Haven and Falmouth has received Wood Design & Building magazine’s Merit Award for the Snow Point residence on Chappaquiddick.

Hutker was given the award at the Wood Design Awards held at the National Gallery of Canada on Oct. 26. The residence was selected from more than 200 entries.

Hutker Architects is an architectural and interior design firm with offices in Vineyard Haven and Falmouth.

The following Tisbury School students received honors for the first quarter:

Eighth Grade High Honors: EmmaJean Holley, Christine Janak, Allison McAndrews, Courtney Mussell, Noelle Nelson, John Shannon, Drew Teora, John Tripp.

Eighth Grade Honors: Riley Donegan, Frederick Hehre, Haley Hewson, Margaret Johnson, Alyssa Laslovich, Rafael Maciel, Trevor Maciel, Michael Montanile, Olivia Cimeno, David Seidman, Michael Sylvia, Liam Wallace, Andrew Williamson.

Nancy Whiting

A memorial for Nancy Whiting, who died Nov. 16, is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 15 at 11 a.m. at Grace Episcopal Church in Vineyard Haven. A gathering will be held later that day from 1 to 4 p.m. at Allen and Lynne Whiting’s home in West Tisbury.

Hello, Soleil

Pamela S. Harris Daugherty and Lenston H. Daugherty 3rd of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Soleil Zenobia Sayeeda Daugherty, on Dec. 4 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Soleil weighed 4 pounds, 8 ounces at birth.

Wins Gift

Priscilla Summers of Williamsburg, Va., won a $100 gift certificate at Henley’s Needlepoint in Edgartown. The drawing, which occurred on Dec. 9, was the third annual drawing in conjunction with the Edgartown Board of Trade’s Christmas in Edgartown.

Museum Winter Hours

The Martha’s Vineyard Museum announces expanded hours for December: the gift shop of the Martha’s Vineyard Museum and the Pease House galleries will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday, from now through Dec. 22. The shop will be on open on Saturday, when from 2 to 4 p.m. shoppers can choose jewelry of gold, silver, handcrafted, retro and of questionable taste.