Deer hunting on the Island saw a notable decline this season, prompting officials to consider extending the season for the first time in the state’s history.

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $182,590 for the business week ending on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

Kevin James McCabe married Lily Angelina Oksanen on Sept. 27 in Florence Italy.

Adam and Monica Brady-Myrov purchased 13 West Meadow Lane in Oak Bluffs from Mary C. Moore Trust for $1,499,000 on Jan. 14.

Last week’s New York Times obituary for the chef Andre Soltner, whose mid-Manhattan restaurant Lutece was legendary, makes no mention of Martha’s Vineyard, but there is a connection.

A Woods Hole nonprofit has purchased the longtime home of NPR radio station WCAI, although the station’s parent company says it is still looking for a new location for the Cape and Islands station.

Thank you, Gwyn Skiles, for such a wonderful piece on Charlie Blair in last week’s Gazette.

It is sad to see all the misguided activity to limit short term rentals on Martha’s Vineyard.

Janelle Mooney and Wesley Haeselbarth, of Edgartown, announce the birth of a son, Teagan Dowe Haeselbarth, on Jan. 2.

I never aspired to be a journalist. I’m not actually certain that writing a town column even entitles me to that designation.