Sonja Josephson and Brendan Crane, of Oak Bluffs, announce the birth of a daughter, Alma Sophia Crane, born on April 21 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Alma weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces at birth.

Robert S. Douglas, renowned designer and captain of the topsail schooner Shenandoah — as well as a teacher and mentor and businessman who founded the Black Dog apparel company — died early Wednesday at the family home at Arrowhead Farm in West Tisbury. He was 93.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words — but for Nancy Nordin, one photo turned into a once-in-a-thousand bird sighting.

After what seems like weeks of rain, it is finally drying up. My potted perennials all needed water.

Dewberries are difficult.

The evening planets available for viewing are Jupiter and Mars. Jupiter is appearing in the western sky after sunset. The planet is in the zodiacal constellation Taurus, the bull. The planet is above the head of the bull and between the bull's horns. Jupiter won't be with us for very long. We've only got a couple of weeks to see it. Each night ahead, it appears lower in the western sky.

Spring is really trying to get here, but now we have to go through the fog stage.

The Edgartown Council on Aging, in collaboration with Healthy Aging MV, has launched a new project called Chappy Connect.

May 1 is more than just the first day of the month.

Speaking of Paul Revere’s ride and the shot heard around the world, I am remembering the late Jonathan Revere, who replied, in response to the obvious question: “I come from the branch of the family who said, ‘the brutish are coming.’”