Around the Island, in ceremonies that stretch back to the 1960s, students remember veterans on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend by marching from their schools to place flowers in the sea.

Busy is the common theme as the Vineyard gets ready for another summer season on Memorial Day weekend.

The results have been positive for the spring sports teams as they finish their first season in the Cape and Islands League with most of the squads leading their divisions.

Women, families with young children, husbands and grandparents gathered at Five Corners on Tuesday to rally for abortion rights.