MILESTONES
BIRTHS

Mercer Louis Benjamin Conley was born at Nantucket Cottage Hospital on Aug. 31, 2007 weighing 6 pounds and 10 ounces. He is the son of Keith Conley and Danielle Duran of Nantucket. His grandparents are Nancy Duran Homik and the late Louis Duran of Muskegon, Mich., and Lynn Ryan and Benny Conley of Savannah, Ga. His great-grandparents are Willie C. and Doris Conley and J.M. and Lorraine Fountain of Savannah, Ga.

Nikolas Villas Boas Dobrochinski was born at Nantucket Cottage Hospital on Sept. 29, 2007 weighing 8 pounds and 3 ounces. He is the son of Heloisa and Andre Dobrochinski. His grandparents are Antonio and Luciula Jillas Boas and Dimas and Cecilia Dobrochinski of Brazil.

Nuna Fernando Solano was born at Nantucket Cottage Hospital on Sept. 8, 2007 weighing 9 pounds and 4 ounces. He is the son of Aida and Amaurys Solano of Nantucket. His grandparents are Fernando Solano and Gladys Santiago and Juan and Antonia Ortiz. Antoni Albert Swietlik was born at Nantucket Cottage Hospital on Sept. 7, 2007 weighing 7 pounds and 4 ounces. He is the son of Anna and Albert Swietlik and brother of Julia Swietlik of Nantucket. His grandparents are Krystyna Przenyslaw Swietlik and Henryk Henryka Chmielewski of Poland. His great-grandparents are Elzbieta Golebiewski and Waclaw Chmielewski of Poland.

Patrick Michael Valero was born at Nantucket Cottage Hospital on Sept. 6, 2007 weighing 8 pounds and 2 ounces. He is the son of Meghan Blair- Valero and Scott K. Valero and brother of Annalisa Valero of Nantucket. His grandparents are Bernice (Valero) Alvarez and Mike Alvarez of Nantucket, Carol and Michael Blair of Harwich, Mass., and Kenny and Cathy Aguiar of Nantucket. His great-grandparents are Warren and Trudy Valero of Nantucket, William and Shirley Snow of Harwich, Mass., Joan Aguiar of Nantucket and Mary and Everett Blair of Holliston, Mass. His great-great grandmother is Eleanor Casey of Upton, Mass.