Hello, Soleil

Pamela S. Harris Daugherty and Lenston H. Daugherty 3rd of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Soleil Zenobia Sayeeda Daugherty, on Dec. 4 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Soleil weighed 4 pounds, 8 ounces at birth.

Attorneys for the Oak Bluffs resident who illegally built a three-story garage along the North Bluff three years ago have sued the Martha’s Vineyard Commission.

Attorneys for Joseph G. Moujabber filed a complaint in Dukes County Superior Court on Nov. 16 challenging the commission’s unanimous decision last month to review the controversial garage project — dubbed Garage Mahal by some critics — as a development of regional impact (DRI).

Nancy Whiting

A memorial for Nancy Whiting, who died Nov. 16, is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 15 at 11 a.m. at Grace Episcopal Church in Vineyard Haven. A gathering will be held later that day from 1 to 4 p.m. at Allen and Lynne Whiting’s home in West Tisbury.

The town of Aquinnah’s affordable housing committee and the nonprofit Island Housing Trust announced this week that a town-owned parcel on Church street in Aquinnah has been transferred to the trust. The trust will give a ground lease on the parcel to Amera Ignacio who was chosen through the town’s lottery process, under the oversight of the Dukes County Regional Housing Authority. Ms. Ignacio is a longtime resident of Aquinnah and will build her own house as part of the resident homesite program.

The Polly Hill Arboretum will be able to produce the accession tag and display labels which are used on every plant in the arboretum’s living collection, thanks to an Epilog laser engraving label system it will purchase with a $14,400 grant from the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust.

Having the ability to produce these labels in-house helps arboretum staff to upgrade curatorial management of their collections and allows data linkage between computerized collections records.

The following Tisbury School students received honors for the first quarter:

Eighth Grade High Honors: EmmaJean Holley, Christine Janak, Allison McAndrews, Courtney Mussell, Noelle Nelson, John Shannon, Drew Teora, John Tripp.

Eighth Grade Honors: Riley Donegan, Frederick Hehre, Haley Hewson, Margaret Johnson, Alyssa Laslovich, Rafael Maciel, Trevor Maciel, Michael Montanile, Olivia Cimeno, David Seidman, Michael Sylvia, Liam Wallace, Andrew Williamson.