Years ago, when Lisa Sherman took a part-time summer job at the Edgartown Library shelving books, she did not anticipate how this short break from her harried New York city lifestyle would play a large part in her future. This past fall, more than a decade later, Ms. Sherman became the head librarian at the Aquinnah Public Library. But we are getting ahead of the story.

Nantucket Steamship authority governor H. Flint Ranney died Dec. 21 at home surrounded by his family following a brief illness. He was 77.

Some hadn’t played in years, since they had graduated from the regional high school. Others were still playing in college.

High school winter sports teams took a brief holiday break before resuming play in a flurry of action.

Ferries to the Vineyard were back in service late Thursday morning following a morning of cancellations when a winter storm lashed the Island with