Emilyanne and Trey Rasmussen, of Oak Bluffs, announce the birth of a daughter, Madison Jean Rasmussen, born on May 11 at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

The end of May is here. It is time to flip the calendar to June and embrace the summer season.

Good news! The Falmouth to Edgartown ferry has started its Friday-Saturday-Sunday service.

I have promised myself I would not mention that we need a little rain. After last week’s rainstorm, and five to seven inches of rain later, the plants and ground did not need watering for a few days. I am happy to say that the sun has been shining, and it is getting warmer.

Can hummingbird nectar go bad? More than a month ago I had whipped up a batch — a quarter cup of sugar to one cup of water, right?

I call him the Basketball Kid. A young boy has gotten off the school bus on my corner for years.

In a span of 12 days, endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh swam 58 miles around Martha’s Vineyard to change the public perception about sharks.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials were on the Vineyard Tuesday stopping vehicles and taking people into custody, according to officials and eyewitnesses.

Melinda Loberg, a former Tisbury select board member, filed a lawsuit against Havenside, saying the guests and tenants of the facility were illegally crossing her land to get to Vineyard Haven harbor.