We’re thrilled with this week’s pets of the week. We have two nine-week-old, female kittens. The calico is the shyer of the two, but she is coming around. And her sister is cream color with blue eyes. If interested come by soon, these two won’t last.

In the past I've written an annual column. This year I've done a two-parter.

The Trustees of Reservations reported Friday that potential debris had come ashore on Wasque and the nonprofit was working with the offshore wind energy company to retrieve any pieces of the broken fiberglass. 

Martha’s Vineyard Hospital canceled all non-urgent surgeries and other medical visits Friday after a global Microsoft software outage. 

It seems ridiculous to state the obvious, but my memory is failing. Has it always been so hot and humid for days on end?

It is the baby bird time of the year. Many of these youngsters do not look like their parents and may not have grown all their feathers yet.

The 1985 staff of the United States Postal Service has my stamp of approval.

The big tent has been assembled and the organizers are scrambling to open the annual event that creates more excitement than a circus.

The school kids won't like to hear this but I really miss the sound of the school buses at my street corner in the morning - both elementary and high school.

All must come out to see Miss Maybelline's Nocturnal Flights of Fancy at the Martha's Vineyard Playhouse on Church street in Vineyard Haven.