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Merrill Arrives
Jamie and Merrill Langley of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Merrill Keenan Langley, born on July 5, 2011, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Merrill weighed 10 pounds, 3 ounces at birth.
Devin Colter
Devin Colter, son of Richard Colter and Deborah Colter of Edgartown, received a degree in communications from Ithaca College in May.
A Coral Gables, Fla., woman remained in critical condition in a Boston hospital Monday after she was struck by a car while crossing Upper Main street in Edgartown on foot on Saturday night.
Patricia Guarch, 22, who is working at the Vineyard Arts Project on Upper Main street for the summer, was crossing the street on her way to get ice cream, just after 10 p.m. Saturday, when she was struck by a 2010 Subaru Outback. The driver of the car was Robert Franklin, 85, of Vineyard Haven.
West Tisbury beaches are again open for swimming, the town health agent announced on Friday. Four beaches, including at Lambert’s Cove, Seth’s Pond and Long Point, were closed Thursday due to high bacteria counts found in the weekly water samples. Beaches were re-tested and all are now safe for swimming, health agent John Powers said in a press release Friday.
Oak Bluffs town administrator Michael Dutton resigned on Friday morning, capping weeks of tension and speculation over whether he would remain on the job.
The five Oak Bluffs selectmen met behind closed doors for an hour on Friday and then announced in public that they had accepted Mr. Dutton’s resignation, which is effective July 31.
L ast Sunday, the strains of organ music floated in the warm summer air down South Summer street in Edgartown.
The stately 1830 pipe organ is back in the Federated Church, and for church organist Peter M. Boak it was a welcome return. “It was like having an old friend back at home,” Mr. Boak said after church services were over.