We have had a series of "it's great to be alive" days. The almost fall weather has lifted everyone's spirits.

Migration will peak in these next couple of weeks, so this is a good time to be out and about looking for birds.

Marsha Winsyrg will speak at the Martha's Vineyard Museum on Friday, Sept. 13 at 4 p.m. about her work with the African Artists Community Development Project.

In the first week of September, the hospital emergency room treated “approximately 20 cases of lesions that are consistent with tick larvae bites,” said Dr. Ellen McMahon, the hospital’s chief of medicine.

Susan Straight of Chilmark has car trouble.

September is the month when a little churning in the far side of the Atlantic stirs up agitation in a certain neighbor who gets excited at the prospect of hurricane season.

Richard Washington, longtime Island resident and native of Everett died on August 30.

We are still enjoying this beautiful weather. I am sure the September brides are happy especially those who planned outdoor weddings.

"Everything the light touches is our kingdom. A king's time as ruler rises and falls like the sun. One day, Simba, the sun will set on my time here, and will rise with you as the new king."

The illustrious life of Sidney Morris will be celebrated on Sunday, Oct. 13 starting at 5 p.m. at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury.