Please Adopt Us

Cat adoptions at the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard have slowed down considerably in the last few weeks now that all the kittens have found new homes, but we still have some fabulous adult cats who need homes. Won’t you please stop by the shelter and consider taking one of these lovely cats into your heart and home? Our adult cats include:

Correction

A story in the Tuesday Gazette about foreclosure proceedings against the nonprofit Island Affordable Housing Fund, now renamed the Martha’s Vineyard Housing Fund, mistakenly referred to the fund in second reference as the trust. The nonprofit Island Housing Trust is a separate organization, formerly affiliated with the fund but now distinct from it, and is not a party in the foreclosure proceeding. The trust builds affordable housing properties and holds ground leases on them. The Gazette regrets the error.

Bruins fans unable to attend last Sunday’s victory parade through the streets of Boston will be treated to a celebration of their own this weekend, when the Stanley Cup makes an appearance in Edgartown.

The nearly three-foot-tall trophy arrives Saturday, said Edgartown police officer Dave Rossi, fresh from its pedestal at the 2011 National Hockey League draft in St. Paul, Minn.

Emilie S. Gitlitz of Vineyard Haven, graduated on May 12 with a master of finance degree from the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University in New Orleans.

Leigh Hammond of West Tisbury, received a bachelor of arts degree in political science from the University of Vermont at commencement ceremonies on May 22.

Caetlyn A. Hutchinson of Aquinnah, received a bachelor of arts degree in biology from the University of Vermont at commencement ceremonies on May 22.

Edgartown selectmen voted this week to back a special variance for David Vietor’s historic bulkhead at his South Water street that would allow him to skirt a state law that requires public access to the water.

Selectmen will recommend that the State Department of Environmental Protection grant the variance, which if approved will allow a monetary contribution to the town in lieu of providing public access.