Bay scallop season has arrived, and while most of the Island is reporting an average or down year on the ponds, there is cautious excitement in Tisbury.

Islanders who ride public buses in the off season poured out their concerns and frustrations to the Vineyard Transit Authority this week over service cuts.

For as long as he can remember, Dan Wolf has been a tinkerer — a fidgeter, a fixer and a figure-outer, happy to futz with anything he could get his hands on.

Two waterfront Vineyard Haven companies owned by Ralph M. Packer have been ordered by a federal judge to pay $1.3 million in fines.

The Harbor Craft Shop in Menemsha closed its doors earlier this fall. When the shop reopens in the spring, it will do so under a new name, the Ruel Gallery.