Celebrations
Arboretum Award
On June 28 the Polly Hill Arboretum’s newsletter, Meristems, received theDorothy E. Hansell Publication Award for newsletters and special publications at the American Public Gardens Association (APGA) annual meeting.
Erin Coughlin to Marry
Carol Lashnits and Kevin Coughlin are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter, Erin Lashnits Coughlin to Daniel Herman. Erin and Daniel are currently living in New Haven, Conn., where Erin is studying to become a family nurse practitioner at Yale’s School of Nursing. Daniel, who recently received his PhD from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, is employed as a professor of American literature. They plan to marry in Septembers 2012 at Pilot Hill Farm in Vineyard Haven.
Announcing Gunnar
Deborah and Christopher Cini of West Tisbury are pleased to announce the birth of their son Gunnar Richard Lee Cini on Oct. 5, 2011 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Gunnar weighted 4 pounds, 4 ounces at birth. His grandparents are Marcia and William Cini of Tisbury and Shirley Lundgren of Chelmsford and the late Richard Lundgren.
Wed at Allen Farm
Chelsea Cheyenne Ives and Sean Michael Kelley were married on Sept. 10 at the Allen Farm in Chilmark. Chelsea is the daughter of Clare and Peter Ives of Aquinnah. Sean is the son of Paula and Michael Kelley of Newburyport. The couple currently lives in Chicago, Ill.
Alpacas in January
The Massachusetts Agriculture in the Classroom organization announced this week that a photograph taken at the Island Alpaca Farm will appear in its 2012 calendar. The photograph by farm owner Barbara Ronchetti shows alpacas in the snow. The picture will grace the January calendar page. To order a calendar visit aginclassroom.org.
Sarah Reed Mullin and John Joseph Finn 3rd were married on Sept. 10, 2011 at St. Elizabeth’s Church in Edgartown. Father Bentley Anderson 3rd, S.J., Professor of History at Fordam University, officiated at the ceremony.
Sarah, 30, is the daughter of Carol and Thomas Mullin of Rochester, N.Y., and Edgartown. She graduated from Colgate University and earned a juris doctor degree from Columbia University School of Law. Sarah currently practices law in New York city.