This has been a wonderful week for adoptions.

A runner and all around active personality, Robert Galibois has no plans to sit behind a desk when his term begins in January.

There will be no music show to accompany the Christmas lights in Ocean Park this year.

Chappy Ferry owner Peter Wells is seeking a rate hike for the boat line connecting the small, rural island to downtown Edgartown.

On a blustery November day, in choppy waters somewhere off the western shore of the Island, Capt. Otto Osmers winched in his first conch pot of the day. At its peak in 2011, 1.4 million pounds of conch were harvested in Dukes County, with a monetary value of over $3 million.

The Climate Cafe discussion about storm and emergency preparedness was led by local high school students on Sunday morning.