Keite and Allan Vieira, of Edgartown, announce the birth of a son, Rhaui Lucca Saboia Vieira, born on Sept. 4.

Christa Wilbum and Alexander Mueller, of Oak Bluffs, announce the birth of a son, Montgomery H. Mueller, born on Sept. 2.

Jaime and Michael Gottlieb, of Oak Bluffs, announce the birth of a daughter, Eleanor Frances Gottlieb, born on Sept. 1.

Elisabeth Bellissimo and Joshua Bates were married on Sept. 10 at the Winnetu Oceanside Resort in Edgartown.

This week's adoption news is that Grayson, the gray cat, has moved on to his new home.

The Tisbury finance and advisory committee has voted 7-1 to recommend borrowing nearly $26 million in additional funds for the Tisbury school renovation and addition project. Voters will decide whether to approve the borrowing at a Sept. 20 special town meeting.

The project will include raising the ferry’s ramp six inches and conducting engineering assessments of the Chappy Point parking lot, the Chappy Ferry landings and the abutting portions of Dock and Daggett streets.

As I watched Serena Williams play her last hurrah on the Arthur Ashe Courts this past week, I couldn't help but think of our own U.S. Open here on the Vineyard.

Our Legion Hall on Martin Road has served the last of our summer lobster roll nights.

I've been waiting for months to use the word petrichor as the Texaco’s word of the day.