A 32-year-old man died late Wednesday night in a house fire in Edgartown, according to police, and two other occupants were injured. Police said an investigation has concluded that the fire was started by improper disposal of smoking materials.

Roseli and Alexandre Bortolotto of West Tisbury announce the birth of a son, Daniel A. Bortolotto, born on March 16 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

The small brown dog named Ticona is still at the shelter. He warms up to anyone showing him affection and can catch a tennis ball in mid-air.

Sandy Stone-Benjamin has opened a new dance studio called Spindrift at the Edgartown Triangle, 258 Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road.

With 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten, a new program at the Vineyard Haven library, every opportunity to read aloud to a young child becomes a valuable tool in documenting their earliest learning experience.

Sunny days have been delightful since Daylight Saving Time, or perhaps it just seems that the days have been sunnier since then. The trees are beginning to bud and the crocus are in bloom. Ice floes in the harbors are melting and the seas are much calmer.

Since I was unable to view your wee St. Patrick’s Day parade on-Island, since I was unable to join in the wearing of the green at the Ocean View, Ritz, or other venues of good food and drink, I rose early on St. Patrick’s Day and decorated the house.

With Oak Bluffs designed as a glorified summer resort, the builders achieved their dream never realizing we would become a year-round community.

Well, as you have noticed, the days are getting thankfully longer; we now have more than 12 hours of daylight each day, but the thermometer has not climbed above 50 degrees.

Well, Boston broke its record, but I have not heard anything about our record. I think if we took a poll nobody would argue this has been the snowiest winter in a long time.