She has dreamed of this moment.

Chef Ting is moving into the former Bombay Indian Cuisine in Oak Bluffs with plans to expand her catering business and help strengthen the Black cooking community on Martha's Vineyard.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer visited the Island over the weekend to promote her new memoir, True Gretch.

On Sunday evening, the Martha's Vineyard Film Center screened Screams Before Silence, a documentary featuring eyewitness accounts of sexual violence by Hamas fighters against Israeli civilians on October 7.

Caroline McLane and Elliot Bilzerian, of Oak Bluffs, annouce the birth of a son, Prescott Bilzerian, born on July 26 at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital. Prescott weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces at birth.

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.