News
Welcome Jax
Leanna Fisher and Joel Trott of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Jax Mason Trott, born on Sept. 30, 2009, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Jax weighed 9 pounds, 1.4 ounces at birth.
Olukemi (Kemi) Folasade Ogidan, the daughter of Jacqueline E. Ogidan and Richardson D. Ogidan of Providence, R.I., was married Sept. 6 in Oak Bluffs to Jeffrey Hines Tignor, the son of Drs. Eleanor Q. Tignor and Gregory H. Tignor of Hamden, Conn. The Rev. Andrew Fiddler, retired rector at Trinity Episcopal Church on the Green in New Haven, Conn., officiated at Union Chapel, a nonsectarian place of worship owned by the Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust.
On a brilliant August 8 afternoon, friends and family gathered on a high hilltop at Champlain Orchards in Shoreham, Vt., to witness the marriage of Andrea Scott and Bill Suhr. The fiddle music of Becky Tracy could be heard as Andrea and her parents, Marie and Jonathan Scott, walked together up through rows of apple trees. They were escorted to the wedding site by flower girls Eva Stanley and Charlotte Scott, and ring bearers Tristan Scott and Theo Stanley.
Cynthia and Ted Hubbard, of Topsfield and Chappaquiddick, are delighted to announce the marriage of their daughter, Ashley Conant, to Jamie Harmon, son of Dr. John and Gail Harmon. The couple married on Jan. 18, 2009 in Anguilla, British Overseas Territory. Both the bride and bridegroom summered on Chappaquiddick as children. They met four years ago on the Chappy beach in front of the bride’s parents’ home.
Please Adopt Us
Hours have been extended at the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard. The shelter is now open Wednesday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The phone number is 508-627-8662.
If you are looking for a great adult cat, please stop by the shelter and see our beautiful older cats. All are spayed or neutered and have had all their shots.
Welcome Benjamin
Tanya Voorhees and Ted Voorhees of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a son, Benjamin Hodge Voorhees, born on Sept. 24, 2009, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Benjamin weighed 7.7 pounds at birth. He was welcomed as a brother to Lauren and Colton.