Well once again I am sitting here and there is a threat of badly needed rain. I looked at the radar today and there was showers going to the north of us and the south. It was like it parted ways to go around us. So I am hoping that some of the rain they are threatening us with will hit us.

Forced out of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, John Hirt and his wife sought refuge with family on Martha's Vineyard. Ten years later, Mr. Hirt, the new West Tisbury postmaster, is still calling the Vineyard home.

Sunday is Flag Day. It was a warm weekend with the temperature reaching almost 70 degrees after days of an unseasonable northeast wind. Lots of folks worked outdoors and held backyard barbecues. It is getting busier by the day and if you drove down to Vineyard Haven last weekend you experienced your first traffic tie-up of the season.

Sarah Mattson and Jamison Loveday of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Emilia Morgan Loveday, born on June 4 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

Edgartown selectmen agreed Monday to form a new committee to study options for mobile phone service on Chappaquiddick amid concern from residents that a cell tower will be built on the small, rural island.

Grace A. Collins TRS, Michael J. Collins TRS and Lighthouse Road Irrevocable Trust purchased 15 Lighthouse Road in Aquinnah for $650,000 on June 1.

The winners of the 2015 Best of the Vineyard awards will be announced on Friday, June 12 at a party hosted by Martha’s Vineyard Magazine, the sponsor of the annual readers’ choice contest. The party at The Loft at Dreamland will also celebrate the 30th anniversary of the magazine. More than 3,000 people participated in this year's balloting, selecting winners in 84 categories.

Cape Pogue Wildlife Refuge has been closed to vehicle traffic to protect newly-hatched piping plover chicks.

Acting director Rose Cogliano won the support of the Oak Bluyffs selectmen at their regular meeting last week, nearly 16 months after she took over from former director Roger Wey. Her salary has not yet been determined.

Megan Buchanan of Vineyard Haven was named to the spring 2015 dean’s list at Westfield State University in Westfield.