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There were no injuries and no damage following a brief collision between the freight ferry Katama and a Vineyard lobster boat on Wednesday afternoon, the Steamship Authority said in a statement.

In an e-mail to the Gazette Thursday morning, SSA general manager Wayne Lamson wrote:

The steamship Martha’s Vineyard hasn’t set sail from Woods Hole since 1956 but its steam whistle is still causing a headache for the Steamship Authority.

At their monthly meeting this week the boat line governers met in executive session to discuss whether to sue current SSA Capt. Bruce Malenfant to recover what may be the SS Martha’s Vineyard’s long-lost steam whistle. But the Malenfants believe it’s a case of mistaken identity.

Though the temperature might imply otherwise, Dec. 21 marks the first day of winter, as well as the shortest day of the year. Going forward, daylight will start to increase by mere seconds each day.

The Up-Island Regional School District committee voted on Monday to part ways with food service provider Chartwells at the end of the school year and instead will opt for its own meals program based at the West Tisbury school.

Want to see Edgartown’s first poet laureate in action? Steve Ewing, recently appointed to the post, will join a host of other Island poets for the Martha’s Vineyard Poetry Society’s Winter Solstice gathering on Wednesday, Dec. 21 at the Vineyard Haven Library. The reading will take place from 7 to 9 p.m.