Shearwaters are a part of a group of birds known as pelagic species. They spend all their lives, except during breeding, on the open ocean.

You can’t spend much time in the presence of Ivo Meisner without concluding you are in the presence of a unique individual.

Welcome to summer and all the people it brings along with it. Traffic is heavy everywhere, even over at the landfill. Just about every building in town is now occupied.

While Rhonda Backus was working inside Alley’s General Store last weekend she noticed a crowd gathering outside.

“It was a vibe of when the president drives by,” she said.

But instead of watching a motorcade, the crowd had gathered to see a procession of black and white baby skunks.

Chilmark is anticipating the usual wonderful Fourth of July weekend and hoping that the fine weather of this week past will continue through the holiday.

Tickets are now available for the seventh annual Martha’s Vineyard Food & Wine Festival, which takes place this year from October 16 through October 19.

The four day festival will feature 250 different wines, 25 culinary personalities, and several local chefs.

Some newly graduated seniors and their younger schoolmates at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School are being asked to retake certain Advanced Placement exams following an allegation of improper testing conditions. Makeup exams have been scheduled.

The Tisbury School has announced its honor roll for the fourth quarter of the 2013-2014 academic year.

Christopher Maciel of Vineyard Haven and Daniel Kaeka of West Tisbury were named to the dean’s list for the 2014 spring semester at UMass Dartmouth.

There will be no racing pigs this year, but there will be a motorcycle contest. And poultry farmers take note: your prize-winning hens, roosters and pullets must pass a health test this month in order to be entered in the fair.