Good deeds and deer accidents kept Island police busy over the long holiday weekend. In Edgartown, officers provided 41 families with turkeys.

Mandolins, masks, mashups and mashed potatoes greeted a horde of hungry listeners at the Chilmark potluck jam on Saturday night.

Bundled to the chins, Islanders and visitors alike flocked to Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary in Edgartown Friday for the 38th annual fall festival.

Peter Simon, a man who hugged first and talked later, died at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on Sunday, Nov. 18. The cause was cardiac arrest.

For years turkeys have been setting up roost around the Vineyard in record numbers, roaming the fields and rural roads with impunity.

Debbie Ware could tell Dr. Michael Jacobs needed help with his wool and yarn when they met at the farmers’ market last spring.