An outreach event will be held in Oak Bluffs Saturday at the home of Elexis Wildanger to educate potential foster families.

Birders spread out across the Island on Saturday for the Christmas Bird Count, tallying 16,026 birds divided among more than 100 species.

It’s early morning and Tracey Olsen is sweeping up the tack room at Woodbe Farm in West Tisbury.

The Yellow House will stay gray until the end of next summer, according to a small change in the property’s lease agreement made at the Edgartown selectmen’s meeting last week.

Each winter the Island churches come together to offer free meals to help Islanders break bread together through the dark nights of winter.