Adam and Rand Burnett were birding on Chappaquiddick and have added two new species to the Vineyard bird list: a zone-tailed hawk and a common raven.

Mother nature is finally giving us the green light. Forget the spinach in cellophane and prechopped bagged salads — now is the time for a taste of dock, one of the season’s first wild greens.

Tisbury voters approved several zoning changes at a special town meeting Tuesday evening. The annual town meeting continues at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Tisbury School gymnasium.

An interfaith healing service is planned for Wednesday night at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center for members of two well-known Island families who were injured in a car accident in Virginia Sunday.

On Sunday, May 4, Chris Fischer, chef of the Beach Plum Inn, will be the guest speaker at the First Congregational Church of West Tisbury. His grandfather was minister there from 1974 to 1982.

The League of Women Voters of Martha’s Vineyard brings the Kentucky Derby to Chilmark on Saturday, May 3, beginning at 5 p.m. at the Chilmark Community Center.

Recently the Rise dance troupe participated in the Turn It Up Dance Challenge in Springfield. The dancers earned 10 platinum awards, 22 high golds and four national invites.

We had a mixed bag of weather over the weekend. Saturday was great but it went downhill after that with rain, wind and lower than average temperatures. It doesn’t look much better for this weekend. It is May but it feels like late March sometimes. However, it is a lot better than the horrible weather folks have had down south. Cinco de Mayo, celebrating Mexican heritage and culture, is celebrated on Monday. My thanks to our son Sam for sorting the mail and Alan Gowell for assuming my cemetery responsibilities. Their work made my vacation possible.

The main theme will be spending as Tisbury convenes for town meetings tonight, with the town facing its first general override in 20 years.

Emily Cottle and Edmund Charles Cottle 3rd of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Edmund Charles Cottle 4th born on April 22 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.