Hannah Burbidge and Brent Turner, of Oak Bluffs, annouce the birth of a daughter, Rayna Catherine Burbidge-Turner, born on July 25 at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital. Rayna weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces at birth.

Carly LeBlanc and Eric Rodrigues, of Edgartown, annouce the birth of a son, Arthur Samuel Rodrigues, born on July 26 at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital. Arthur weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces at birth.

Jenny and Oraibi Voumard, of Tisbury, annouce the birth of a daughter, Dakota Luna Oraibi Voumard, born on July 19 at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital. Dakota weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces at birth.

The excitement started on a Thursday afternoon, July 25, when John Nelson texted me about his sighting of a ferruginous hawk that he just saw at Katama Farm.

There is no reason to stop and smell this honeysuckle.

I am a lifelong consumer of national news. One thing that always holds my interest is weather events around the globe.

Former Oak Bluffs police officer and Rhode Island state police detective Jared Andrews is joining the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School staff as director of the student affairs office, overseeing the school’s counseling department.

After nearly four decades in the military and law enforcement, Edgartown police Chief Bruce McNamee plans to retire at the end of September. 

Sy Montgomery has always felt more at home with animals than people. And as the author of three dozen books on animals ranging from hummingbirds to orangutans, animals clearly feel at home with her, too.

Author Victoria Wright compares confronting her internal bully to that of a caterpillar folding completely within itself and decomposing inside its cocoon in order to be born again as a radiant butterfly.