We have two more adoptions to report this week. Black kitten, Bonsai, has found his forever home where he will be able to run free and explore the great outdoors, and black kitten, Pip, came and went in a matter of days.

The gates to the 163rd Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair opened on Thursday at 10 a.m. and eager fairgoers quickly headed for the rides and food stalls, or to the barn to check out the newest entrant: over 10 piglets, born just as the event began.

Work to dedicate a statue to Gus Ben David, the renowned Vineyard naturalist who died last year, is underway in Oak Bluffs. The select board voted last week to approve a statue of an osprey created by Barney Zeitz to be placed at Sunset Lake.

The sharp pop of pickleball echoed across the high school tennis courts on Saturday as dozens of players filled the courts to raise money and create awareness for Stand With Everyone Against Rape (SWEAR), an initiative at the regional high school.

In 2017, five Oak Bluffs police families each welcomed a new baby, within the span of five months.

As part of Legacy Week on Martha’s Vineyard, the first Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) college fair and youth exposition was held at Union Chapel on Tuesday afternoon.