A speck on the quiet side — that is how Bret Stearns described hunting on the Vineyard last week.

The darkest of months is one of the most cheerful because the early nightfalls are lighted in good mellow fashion, and all the lights seem to have warmth and feeling.

Once Martha’s Vineyard Airport manager Sean Flynn was put on leave in September, it was a foregone conclusion that he would not be coming back. The only open question was the terms of his exit.

Autumn on the Vineyard this year has been a gift from nature — seductively mild, with clear days and frosty nights stretching on as if they would never end.

Don Herman brought Friday Night Lights to the Vineyard. Not the book or television series, or the cliche of how much a team means to a community.

The Wampanoag Tribe’s misguided drive to open a gaming hall in Aquinnah hit a legal derailment last Friday.