Falmouth Academy will host an Admissions Open House on Saturday, May 14 from 2 to 4 p.m. for families interested in learning more about the school.

Falmouth Academy is an academically rigorous, independent day school for college-bound students in grades 7 through 12. Visitors to the open house will learn why Falmouth Academy is a school with no back rows and how a philosophy of active engagement by all students determines not only the layout of the classrooms but, more importantly, the way students learn.

Yankee’s Best Picks

Yankee Magazine’s Travel Guide to New England has named 81 local establishments in Massachusetts as Best of New England — Editors’ Choice winners for 2011. Four of them are on the Vineyard: Mansion House in Vineyard Haven (best spa mud); Edgartown and West Tisbury (best striper fishing); Net Result in Vineyard Haven (best picnic sushi); and Smoke ’N’ Bones in Oak Bluffs (best Island barbecue).

The magazine is sold on newstands.

Hello Jack

Anna Cotton and Damon Runyan of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a son, Jack Samuel Runyan, born on May 3, 2011, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Jack weighed 5 pounds, 12 ounces at birth.

Finnegan Arrives

Megan and Tom McDonald of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Finnegan Charles McDonald, born on April 28, 2011, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Finnegan weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces at birth.

Please Adopt Us

Accepted at Law School

Patrick W. Barrett 3rd has been accepted to Suffolk University School of Law. Patrick is a graduate of Marblehead High School and University of Massachusetts at Boston. Patrick will begin at law school in the fall of 2011. He is the son of T.O. and Shellie Johnson of Edgartown, formerly of Marblehead.