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Belle, originally of Tashmoo, spent the last two winters in South America and just got back in May. Now she is spending most of her time fishing Tisbury Great Pond with four of her friends.
Belle’s journey home was far from routine — something about a mysterious delay around May 1 near Port au Prince. Her friends were worried she’d been killed, but Belle proved herself a survivor. She is very much alive but is keeping mum about her trip.
Announcing Aiden
Emily and Paul Galligan of West Tisbury announce the birth of a son, Aiden Thomas Galligan, born on June 2, 2012 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Aiden weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces at birth. Aiden is welcomed by grandparents Brenda and Neil Galligan, and Jennifer and Gary Dillon.
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School principal Steve Nixon has announced the honor roll for the third quarter of the 2011-2012 academic year.
Grade 12 high honors go to Ambika Datta, Riley Donegan, Celeste Ewing, Eva Faber, Oliver Filley, William Fligor, April Hargy, Christine Janak, Celia Mercier, John Shannon and William Stewart.
The Edgartown Free Public Library has a new director.
Jill Hughes, the former executive director of the Connecticut Library Consortium, will start the job June 25. She is replacing former director Felicia Cheney, who announced that she was resigning last December.
Ms. Hughes was introduced to the town selectmen Monday. After the meeting she said she and her husband, frequent Vineyard visitors, had wanted to live on the Island, and she has family who are year-round residents.
The girls' tennis team is locked in a semifinals showdown against Cohasset, as play continues well into the evening. The winner of the match advances to the finals of the MIAA Division 3 South Section tournament. As of 6:40 p.m., the score was tied 1-1 with three matches yet to finish.
Both doubles matches went to three sets and lasted over three and a half hours, with Julia Cooper and Annabelle Hackney winning 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 and Alyssa Adler and Dylan Brockmeyer falling in three sets, 7-5, 3-6, 1-6.
Golf Tournament
Ann Heron, Tom Prendergast, Connie O’Doherty, Norman Vunk and Payton Wallace took top honors at the 18th Annual Children’s Benefit Golf Tournament, held June 3 at Farm Neck Golf Club. But the real winners of the day may have been the Boys & Girls Club and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Martha’s Vineyard, which raised more than $38,000 from the tournament.