The Martha’s Vineyard Food and Wine Festival takes place this year from June 6 to 9 with tastings, private dining experiences and new master classes.

Mother Nature is playing with us. My heat has been on and off, windows open shut and different blankets at night. I know we go through this every spring, but just a little warmer would be nice.

Wonderful news from some of our most accomplished Islanders.

The Martha’s Vineyard Film Society opens its annual environmental film festival on May 23.

Sabrina Scott, of Vineyard Haven, announce the birth of a daughter, Keziah Khaliya Scott, born on May 9,

I fully believe in ice cream. It seems to have, depending on what ails you, similar healing qualities to Tylenol, Penicillin or Robitussin.

The installation of the new ferry ramp on the Chappy side is completed.

Dr. Nicole Absar, a physician who specializes in neuropsychiatry, started at the hospital in January and has set her sights on helping Vineyarders with Alzheimer’s, dementia and other neurocognitive disorders.

Rayane Luiz Frutuoso and Andre Vinicius De Almeida Batista, of Edgartown, announce the birth of a son, Bryan Frutuoso De Almeida Batista, born on May 11.

Leanna Clare Orr and Jesse Oberst, of Seconsett Island, announce the birth of a son, Theodore Albert Oberst, born on May 6.