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Announcing Jheyson
Denise da Rocha and Josias da Rocha of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Jheyson Samuel Ferreira da Rocha, born on May 9, 2011, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Jheyson weighed 5 pounds, 13.6 ounces at birth.
Please Adopt Us
Falmouth Academy will host an Admissions Open House on Saturday, May 14 from 2 to 4 p.m. for families interested in learning more about the school.
Falmouth Academy is an academically rigorous, independent day school for college-bound students in grades 7 through 12. Visitors to the open house will learn why Falmouth Academy is a school with no back rows and how a philosophy of active engagement by all students determines not only the layout of the classrooms but, more importantly, the way students learn.
Yankee’s Best Picks
Yankee Magazine’s Travel Guide to New England has named 81 local establishments in Massachusetts as Best of New England — Editors’ Choice winners for 2011. Four of them are on the Vineyard: Mansion House in Vineyard Haven (best spa mud); Edgartown and West Tisbury (best striper fishing); Net Result in Vineyard Haven (best picnic sushi); and Smoke ’N’ Bones in Oak Bluffs (best Island barbecue).
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Compassion is not a quick fix to social injustice and prejudice in the world. It grows too slowly within people. But without compassion there is no hope of real change. And building lasting change is the true base line of Untouchable Voices, a play written by musician Tabea Mangelsdorf and actress Anna Procter.
It’s time to get your two best buddies, or at least your two best b’ball playing buddies, and head out to the Martha’s Vineyard Boys’ and Girls’ Club for their annual three on three basketball tournament. The tournament takes place Saturday, May 21 from noon to 6 p.m. Last team standing gets big-time bragging rights.