In preseason scrimmages both home and away, the boys' and girls' hockey squads have been skating well. The puck drops for the boys' first home game on Saturday. The girls will not play at home until January.

Reduced funding for a new piling project in Menemsha harbor was approved. A new floor for the community center will wait for another day. The meeting lasted just over 20 minutes.

New pilings for Menemsha harbor, a new office for the harbor master and a new wood floor for the Chilmark Community Center are all decisions for voters. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Community Center.

The longstanding issue of whether to build a connector road will come before Tisbury voters again at a special town meeting next week, this time in three parts, but with the total price tag unknown. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

The smallest town on the Vineyard may soon get a bit smaller. Chilmark and Aquinnah are considering changing a shared boundary line for the first time in more than 150 years.

An Islandwide attraction, the yearly Christmas display in Edgartown seems to appear overnight, but there’s a method to the magic. Instead of elves, the town has the Christmas Decorations Committee.