Celebrations

Meadow Arrives

Madison Ibsen and Thomas Christopher, of Oak Bluffs, announce the birth of a daughter, Meadow Kay Christopher, born on July 27.

 

 

 

Edgartown School First

Quarter Honor Roll

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

Eighth Grade High Honors: Korrine Altieri, Eva Faber, Elizabeth Francis, Meghan McHugh.

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Jae Elizabeth Strommer and Thomas Loring Rowe of Newport, R.I., were married June 9 on board the yacht Elysian at Newport.

Capt. Stephen Connett performed the ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of Diane W. Strommer of Pawtucket, R.I. and the late John P. Strommer. She is the granddaughter of the late Eva and Loraine Weltner of Greensboro, N.C., and the late Harold and Mildred Strommer of Greensburg, Ohio.

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Ila Briggs and Peter Halby were married in Vineyard Haven on Sept. 8.

The Rev. Ross Lilley, a close friend, performed the ceremony.

The bride’s parents, Mary Vivian and Kirk Briggs, live in Vineyard Haven where the bride was raised.

The bridegroom’s mother, Susan Halby, lives in Concord and is a summer resident of Vineyard Haven. The bridegroom’s father, Christian Halby and his wife, Susan Schaefer, divide their timebetween Waylandand Chilmark.

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Elizabeth Sands Anderson married Scott Eric Wolff of Navato, Calif., on Sept. 29 at the Federated Church in Edgartown. The Rev. Gerry Fritz officiated.

The bride was given in marriage by her mother, Mrs. Edmond L. Meinfelder of Pennsylvania. The matron of honor was Mrs. Geoffrey M. Curtis of Chicago, Ill. The best man was Kavin Peechaphand of Brooklyn, N.Y. A reception was held just down the hill at the Edgartown Reading Room.

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Mary Wakeley Andrews and Brian Charles Herbert of Alexandria, Va., married Sept. 8 at the Federated Church in Edgartown.

The Rev. Dr. Gerald R. Fritz officiated.

The bride’s parents were Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Davis Andrews Jr. of Alexandria, Va. The bride’s grandparents were Mr. and Mrs. Lewis D. Andrews, and Captain and Mrs. William R. Kane. í

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Island Ambulance Services

Seek New Volunteer EMTs

Vineyard ambulance squads once again are appealing to Island residents to become a volunteer emergency medical technicians.

Jeff Pratt, president of the Martha’s Vineyard Association of EMTs and Tisbury ambulance coordinator, says that new emergency medical technicians are needed every year. Classes start in January and go through April. Participants can become an Island emergency medical technician by June.

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