A new science center is on the horizon for the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School, thanks to a large gift from a longtime Edgartown summer resident. Robert Day will donate a total of $500,000, including $400,000 for the science center.

A small group of veteran Island birders saw and photographed a white-faced storm petrel about 17 miles off the Vineyard over the weekend. The sighting is a record for the Vineyard and cause for great excitement in the birding community.

A 21-year-old man turned himself in to police Tuesday after allegedly breaking into Alley’s General Store over the weekend, police said. Police said Geoffrey B. McCullough of Hingham will be charged with breaking and entering, malicious destruction of property and larceny.

Adam M. Smith, a 27-year-old Berkeley, Calif. man visiting Martha’s Vineyard as part of a bachelor party weekend, was arraigned Tuesday in Edgartown district court on three counts of rape, threatening to commit a crime, and intimidating a victim.

Classic cars filled the high school parking lot Sunday afternoon for the ninth annual Tisbury Firefighters car show. Despite a change of venue, event organizer Ken Maciel said 95 cars participated in the show, which beat last year’s record of 88.

The professional trumpet player, Edgartown resident and 30-year career U.S. Navy band member (now retired) is a ubiquitous presence at parades, weddings and every military funeral on the Vineyard.