John G. Early, a longtime West Tisbury selectman and volunteer on many committees and organizations across the Island, has been honored with the Spirit of the Vineyard award. The community room at the West Tisbury Library was overflowing as friends and supporters listened to one speaker after another praise Mr. Early.

Traffic on upper Main street, Edgartown, was interrupted this morning after a water main broke in front of Sharky's Cantina. Police, fire, highway department crews, along with members of the water department, responded at 9:59 a.m.

A crescent moon decorates our early evening skies this weekend. The moon is in the zodiacal constellation Pisces.

If you are looking for holiday inspiration this week, take a look in the western sky after sunset. There is a Christmas “Star” in the heavens.

In a 2014 essay, Mark Lovewell writes about his father John S. Lovewell, who died on Saturday, Nov. 25, at the age of 96.

Steve V. Purcell sold Larry’s Tackle Shop to Peter and Melissa Sliwkowski of Chappaquiddick. Mr. Purcell has owned the store since 2008, but worked there for nearly two decades before that.