Please Adopt Us

Summer is upon us and as usual we have several new cats and kittens at the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard who need homes — won’t you please stop by and see them?

Hello Heicttor

Zelia De Oliveira Barbosa and Valdione Alves Barbosa of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Heicttor De Oliveira Barbosa, born on July 7, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Heict-tor weighed 9 pounds, 3 ounces at birth.

The Education Department at Mass Audubon’s Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary has selected Jacob Gurney as recipient of the James K. Whittemore Young Naturalist Award. This annual award recognizes campers for their outstanding participation and contribution to environmental excellence during Mass Audubon’s summer 2009 camp season.

Meals and More in the Meadow

Dance with a cow, sip tequila with a pig, or just chow down with a goat. It’s anything goes, farm style that is, at the Farm Institute’s annual fundraiser, Meals in the Meadow. Casa Noble pours the cactus liquor, Buckley’s Gourmet Catering fills the bellies, and Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish make music to grease your bones. Eat, drink and dance your way to a good time while doing good too.

Original Women Pop Up

Original Women, a social enterprise dedicated to celebrating women artisans from around the world, will be opening a pop-up shop at Caravel on 23 Nevin Square in Edgartown. The shop will operate from July 21 to July 26 and feature functional, decorative and wearable works of art from all corners of the globe. Indian printed tunics, graphic telephone wire bowls and playful jewelry from South Africa, India and Ghana, and hand-woven scarves and bags from Guatemala, Peru and India are just a sampling of what will be available.

The state Division of Marine Fisheries has closed Menemsha Pond to shellfishing following the fire on Monday that destroyed the U.S. Coast Guard boathouse in Menemsha.