On one of the calm, unseasonably warm early December days we had last month, my husband Isaac took our three-year-old son Emmett and me scalloping

While the region, with its resort-based economy showed predictable seasonal fluctuations (unemployment higher than the state average in winter and lower in the summer), the report from the state Office of Labor and Workforce Development found that monthly unemployment rates were down for the first 11 months of 2012 when compared with 2011.

The supply of flu vaccine during Sunday's free clinic at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital was exhausted after less than three hours due to high demand. Edgartown health agent Matthew Poole told the Gazette Monday morning that high turnout was expected, but organizers nevertheless ran out of the vaccine at 11:45 a.m. The clinic opened at 9 and was scheduled to go until 2 p.m.

The boys’ basketball team rebounded from a tough one-point loss on Friday in their second game of the weekend as they defeated visiting Lexington 53-46 on Sunday afternoon. Senior Liam Weston had a standout game for the Vineyarders, shooting 78 per cent from the field en route to 16 points.

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission began the new year meeting last Thursday with a round of introductions before getting on to more typical perennial Vineyard topics: affordable housing and seasonal lodging.

It was the first meeting for newly-elected commissioners Madeline Fisher, Joshua Goldstein and Clarence (Trip) Barnes 3rd, and Fred Hancock took over for former chairman Chris Murphy, who along with other members, has left the commission.