Our pets of the week are Rocco and Meadow, two sweet, adorable and very friendly Guinea Pigs.

Galleries in Edgartown are opening their doors this month, with one of the town’s art mainstays now located at a new address.

More than 30 years ago, at a Chinese restaurant in Boston, a message from a fortune cookie set Island resident, Dr. Gerry Yukevich, on course for a lifelong love affair with Caribbean cruising.

Memorial Day weekend brings with it a range of emotions — from the adrenalin of the busy season to quiet reflections on what the holiday means as service men and women are remembered for giving the greatest sacrifice.

Alicia Jegede purchased 12 Bellevue avenue in Oak Bluffs from Mark L. Gomes for $875,000 on May 14.

Virgil Cray, 52, of Oak Bluffs, was arraigned on May 6 charges in Tisbury of breaking and entering.

On Saturday, May 25, the best of the minors and major Little League divisions will take to the bases at Penn Field as part of a baseball extravaganza.

The spring weather has lifted everyone’s spirits this week. Total strangers greet each other proclaiming “what a beautiful day.” We can all use some uplifting before the onslaught of summer.

The continuing story this spring is another cloudy rainy day with wind from the North and Northeast. Birdwatchers love their breeding birds but the challenge is finding migrants that you don’t regularly encounter.

For many on the Vineyard, Memorial Day weekend is a time to restore the water and open up the cottage since the winter closing.