In the first girls hockey clash between the two islands, Ava BenDavid scored the first six Vineyard goals as the home team defeated the Nantucket Whalers 8-4.

Birders from near and far fanned out across Martha’s Vineyard Saturday for the 60th annual Christmas Bird Count. At the end of the day, some 60 birders hung their rain jackets at the Wakeman Center in Vineyard Haven to analyze the data.

A stretch of Barnes Road in Oak Bluffs has reopened after a one-vehicle accident snapped a utility pole late Saturday afternoon.

Carl Walker, the longtime director of engineering and maintenance at the Steamship Authority, has had his position eliminated due to restructuring, the SSA said.

The Martha Rose, a 77-foot sea scalloper with a rich history, had her maiden voyage this week as the newest member of the Menemsha fleet.

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission had a busy year in 2019. The coming year looks to be just as busy if not busier for the unique, 15-member regional planning commission.