Debbi Lester, former mayor and proclamator extraordinaire, celebrated her 50th birthday at the newly renovated Waterfront Park Community Center with a crowd of friends and family from on and off island. Here all are assembled for a community portrait.

Powered by the funk band, “Mutha Knows Best” the dancing started at 6:30 p.m. and went all the way to 10 p.m. only cut short so the band wouldn’t have to catch the midnight ferry … way past our bedtimes! The night ended with the “Nimble Bs” (her son Corbin Lester and his friend Nathaniel Beuchler) rapping a hip hop song written in Debbi’s honor.

So what’s next, Debbi?  “I’ll get back full-time to my magazine Art Access and advocating for the arts!”