Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center pays homage to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Herschel with a tribute Shabbat service on Friday, Jan. 17 at 5:30 p.m.

State senator Dan Wolf will be a guest at the January meeting of the Democratic Council of Martha’s Vineyard at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11 at Howes House in West Tisbury.

Students from all elementary schools on the Island come together for the string concert this Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School.

Born in the wee hours on Jan. 3 during the snowstorm, Maicon Nilson Patricio weighed 8 pounds 14.7 ounces and measured 20.5 inches long. His parents are Amanda and Maicon Patricio of Oak Bluffs.

In freezing temperatures a crew in Menemsha worked through the night to save the Unicorn from sinking.

The first big snowstorm of the year has settled down but temperatures are expected to drop to six degrees tonight, with wind chills of 15-below late tonight and into tomorrow. Sengekontacket Pond began to freeze over late Friday afternoon.