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Officials from the Edgartown National Bank are warning customers to beware of counterfeit cashier’s checks being circulated that bear the institution’s name and logo. The fake checks are reportedly part of a nationwide scam in which someone receives a letter telling them they have been selected to participate in a mystery shopper program.
A West Tisbury man was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of alcohol on Sunday after he reportedly drove his vehicle into the back of a Martha’s Vineyard Transit Authority bus that had stopped to let off passengers on Beach Road in Oak Bluffs.
The Bodhi Path Buddhist Center in West Tisbury, the place where many Islanders and visitors practice Buddhist meditation and philosophy, hosted a very special event on Sunday. ShaMar Rinpoche, founder of the center and the third highest lama of Tibet, presided over a traditional haircutting ceremony and the official recognition of two-year-old Karma Yeshe Dorje as a tulku.
A tulku is a reincarnated lama.
Junior Goats
General, over 2 years doe: 1. Thea Keene, 1. Adelaide Keene.
Junior Swine
General, Sow under 1 year: 1. Nathaniel W. Packer, 2. Charlotte Packer, 3. David Packer.
Junior Swine, General, Barrow under 1 year: 1. Nathaniel W. Packer, 2. Charlotte Packer, 3.David Packer.
Junior Swine, General, Barrow over 1 year: 1. Nathaniel W. Packer, 1. Charlotte Packer, 2. David Packer.
Junior Sheep, Pure Bred, Sheep: 1. Lucy Tompson, 1. Oscar Thompson.
Junior Sheep
Amherst Awards Degrees
The following students from the Vineyard received undergraduate degrees from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst this spring in commencement ceremonies held May 24 at the Warren P. McGuirk Alumni Stadium: Emma R. Lovewell of Edgartown, Kathryn M. Noonan of Edgartown, Catherine E. Scudere-Chapman of Edgartown, Patrick G. Coogan of Oak Bluffs, James A. Rebello of Oak Bluffs, Matthew G. Brown of Vineyard Haven and Brian P. Robinson of Vineyard Haven.
Television journalist Thomas Flynn was sitting in the back garden of his Greenwich Village apartment, midway through a coffee, when he heard, then saw the plane fly over on its way to World Trade Center One on 9/11.
On instinct, he shoved some pens, a notebook and cell phone in a bag and set off on his bike for Wall Street.