Celebrations
Yesterday Robert W. Kelley celebrated his 90th birthday with friends and relatives at his home in Edgartown. Mr. Kelley’s grip when he shakes hands is just as firm as it was when years ago he headed the Edgartown National Bank. For 30 years Mr. Kelley worked as executive vice president of the bank. Many will remember visiting Mr. Kelley to apply for a mortgage and concluding the deal with his firm handshake.
Are your pumpkins starting to shrivel into something scarier than sugared-up kids at Halloween? Then it’s just in time for the Islandwide Feed a Pig a Pumpkin Day tomorrow.
On Saturday, Nov. 8, recycle your out-of-date jack’o’lanterns from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the following farmers: Allen Farm in Chilmark, Farm Institute in Edgartown, Native Earth Teaching Farm in Chilmark and at SBS, for the Thompson family farm, in Vineyard Haven.
Turkey Serve
Registration for the Turkey Open tennis tournament at the Vineyard Tennis Center is open from now until Nov. 10 at 5 p.m. The cost of registration is a donation to the Island Food Pantry. For details call 508-696-8000.
Flu Vaccine
Alanna Arrives
Brianna and Christopher Flanders of Bourne welcomed their first child, Alanna Mavro Flanders, on August 1, 2008. She weighed 8 pounds 5 ounces and was 20 inches long. Alanna is the granddaughter of Noreen and Brian Flanders of Vineyard Haven, Sue Rego of N.C. as well as Karen and Jim Jean of N.H. Great-grandparent honors go to Lorraine and Richard Mavro of Oak Bluffs, Florence Flanders of Vineyard Haven, Georgeanna LaRosa, Phyllis Rego, and Pauline Jean.
Isaac Arrives
Leslie and Wagnen Belo of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Isaac Barbosa Amaral Belo, born on Oct. 27, 2008, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Isaac weighed 7 pounds, 10.8 ounces at birth.