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

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

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.

We finally had sunshine. What a difference a little sun does for your soul.

Our annual Memorial Day March to the Sea will step off at 12:15 p.m. from the Tisbury school.

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

“Introduce yourself,” says the editor as I begin my term today writing the West Tisbury column.

The Chappy Ferry steering committee meeting scheduled for this week has been postponed until next week.