Two consecutive afternoons with 90° plus temperatures have highlighted the fact that May, 2012 will almost certainly match the first four months of this year, all of which have been considerably warmer than normal. In fact, at the present time, 2012 is well on the track to becoming the warmest year ever in Galveston.

One firefighter was taken to the hospital suffering from heat fatigue after battling a house fire off 9 Mile Road in Galveston on Tuesday. The resident and a pet escaped unharmed. The fire heavily damaged the living quarters of the home.

Here we are, down to our final Galveston County high school team of the 2011-12 school year. For the second consecutive season, the last team standing is from Santa Fe.

A member of the island’s prominent Moody family has plunked down $1,025,750 for a mansion, but it’s not in Galveston. Island businessman Robert Moody Jr. on May 10 was the winning bidder in an auction of an estate home on 50 acres just west of Nacogdoches.

More than 40 women, and three guys, took part in the 4th annual Islander By Choice Galveston Island Beach Revue Bathing Beauties contest on the beach at 52nd Street in Galveston on Saturday. The event, held each Armed Forces weekend, serves as the kickoff to the summer season for the island.

Welcome to my Fatboy series. This is a chronicle of my journey after weight loss surgery in January at the University of Texas Medical Branch Center for Obesity and Metabolic Surgery.Mainland editor TJ Aulds once topped the scales at 421 pounds.After undergoing surgery, he hopes to drop to 280 pounds by the end of the year.

One of our regular readers sent a link to an Erica Jong poem about “People who live by the sea.” He thought a lot of our readers might like it.

Country acts are in abundance this weekend in Galveston County and leading the two stepping charge is League City’s 58th annual Texas Music Festival and Village Fair. The festival kicks off tonight and will feature nine bands in two days with Nashville’s Easton Corbin headlining Saturday night.

DICKINSON — The Daily News hosted a forum for Galveston County Sheriff candidates Wednesday night at the Barber Middle School auditorium, located at 5651 FM 517 East. The event was open to the public and streamed live to the Internet.

Island residents have a chance today and Wednesday to meet with the Galveston Housing Authority’s new executive director.