Summer officially arrives tomorrow at 6:51 in the morning. Summer solstice is described as the longest day.

The 49th annual meeting of the board and membership of the Vineyard Conservation Society (VCS) will take place at the Wakeman Conservation Center off Lambert’s Cove Road in Tisbury on Wednesday, June 26.

Some 742,000 acres of ocean south of Martha’s Vineyard will soon be available for commercial wind energy leases, Gov, Deval Patrick announced this week. A public meeting about commercial offshore wind energy leases is scheduled for Monday on the Vineyard.

At 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 19, state and local officials, legislators and saltwater anglers gathered for the opening celebration of the Oak Bluffs Fishing Pier. The pier is the largest recreational fishing pier in Massachusetts, extending 317 feet into Nantucket Sound. Located adjacent to the Steamship Authority Pier, it offers ample space for fishing and enjoying the view.

First grade students from Edgartown School explored the education programs at Polly Hill Arboretum, which are offered free of charge to kindergarten through fourth grade students throughout the Island.

Beachcombers are not the only species who require sea and surf. Biologists Luanne Johnson and Liz Baldwin from Biodiversity Works will present Life on the Beach on Wednesday, June 25.