Sunny days are the best. Only a slight rainfall overnight a week ago, one overnight of torrential rain, and again a heavy rain on Tuesday morning. The holiday weekend was as busy as usual. Summer is in full swing. The VTA buses have been full all weekend. Stores have been enjoying great sales, the beaches are full. The Vineyard is overflowing.

On Saturday, June 9 at the Aquinnah library they will be making baby turtles using yarn and popsicle sticks from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The After School club is now called the Kids Summer Club until the start of the new school year. For the summer, the club will meet on Tuesdays.

The opening reception for Susanna and Duncan Caldwell’s brother and sister art show will be at the Oak Bluffs Library on July 8 from 6 to 8 p.m. The show will be up for the month of July.

On Saturday, July 9 the Aquinnah Cultural Center will present Joseph Firecrow in concert at 6:30 p.m. at Aquinnah town hall. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door.

The cultural center will have the Visit of the Little People Wampanoag doll exhibit ongoing throughout July. The center is open Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 508-645-7900 or email [email protected].

Get well wishes to Sharon Diamond Araujo who underwent surgery this past week at Cape Cod Hospital. She is feeling much improved and anticipates being home in a few weeks.

Thank you to Cheryl and Max Batzer and their sons Travis and Lucas and wife Megan for another spectacular Fourth of July soiree. Always a great time seeing everyone and catching up on their winter adventures, as well as seeing the young ones who have grown over the years. ‘Til next year.

Gary and Lisa Foster have arrived for the summer. Their daughter Daryn was with them for the holiday weekend while their younger daughter Kayla is in the working world. Gary will travel back and forth to England during the summer while he produces a new movie.

Lisa Herrick, daughter of the late Bill and Jeannette Herrick, and her husband Drey Samuelson, are residents of Washington D.C. and have recently returned to Aquinnah as homeowners on Sandcastle Lane. Lisa and her family owned a house on Dogfish Bar for more than 40 years. She has summered on the Vineyard since she was an infant and worked at the Aquinnah Shop from ages 12 to 21. Lisa was here furnishing their home in June, with brother Michael Herrick and her son Nick Morris and his girlfriend Isabel Kirkham-Lewitt. The whole family including daughter Sarah Morris and her fiancée Megan Poore will be spending August in Aquinnah and are excited to be coming “home.” She looks forward to having plenty of time to visit with Anne Vanderhoop Madison.

All the best to Trey Huneycutt and his young son Sam who have returned to their home in California after Trey served as second in command at Station Menemsha. Sam was in second grade at the West Tisbury School and will be missed by his schoolmates.

Our beloved UPS driver Mark Kokoszka, aka Koko, will be on vacation for the next month, undoubtedly fishing with his family. In the meantime, Tim Moniz will be delivering our packages, so please be patient and assist him with names, addresses and directions.

Robert Rosenberg and Mary Wolfson have arrived for the summer at their home overlooking Menemsha Pond.

Arlen Roth and his daughter Lexie have arrived. Lexie has been performing in several movies lately, while expanding her musical talents.

Dr. Gerald Steinberg and his wife Margaret have arrived for their summer season at their home in East Pasture.

Congratulations to Geoffrey Craig (Spa) Tharpe and Anja May on their recent engagement. No date has been set for the nuptials but Anja and her sons Finn and Yossi Monahan will be moving from Jeffers Way to Church Street. Was Spa the one last eligible bachelor in Aquinnah?

All the best to Spencer Thigpen, his wife Jamie and their children Faith and Wyatt, who have been transferred from Station Menemsha to a northern part of Maine. Spencer had the best office in the new boathouse overlooking Menemsha Harbor. Jamie was an integral part of the staff at West Tisbury School, which Faith and Wyatt attended. They will all be greatly missed by their many friends from the past two years.

Happy 22nd anniversary wishes to Michael and Brenda Johnson as they celebrate on July 9.

Happy Birthday wishes this week to Jeffrey (Skipper) Manter as he celebrates on July 9. Michael Colaneri will celebrate on July 11 and shares the day with Jeanne Mayhew, Curtis Maciel, and Mandy Tomkins. Chelsea Hobbs will party on July 12. Robert Peterson will celebrate on July 13. My most favorite publisher/editor in the world, Richard Reston, will observe his special day on July 14. Jake Baird will be 16 years old on July 14. Tobias J. Vanderhoop will celebrate on July 15 and shares the day with his uncle John O. Vanderhoop.

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