Tuesday, Dec. 24

Chilmark Community Church: Lessons and Carols Christmas Eve service, 5 to 6 p.m., Chilmark Community Church, 9 Menemsha Crossroads, chilmarkchurch.org, 508-645-3100.

Faith Community Church, Christmas Eve candlight service, 5 p.m., 231 Meetinghouse Way, Edgartown, 508-627-8918.

Federated Church of Martha’s Vineyard, Christmas Eve candlelight service of carols and lessons, 5 p.m., 45 South Summer street, Edgartown, federatedchurchmv.org, 508-627-4221.

Miquel Jones, who prosecutors say was the ringleader of the 2022 armed robbery of the Rockland Trust bank, was sentenced in federal court Wednesday.

Janet Messineo, a revered fisherman who stalked the nighttime shores of the Vineyard for more than 50 years, died on Dec. 17 at her home in Vineyard Haven.

This gorgeous post-and-beam home built by a respected contractor. This spacious house plus detached guest quarters is on the outskirts of the village, conveniently located on the way to South Beach.

Katama Meadows, a reconfigured plan for the former Meeting House Way project along the road of the same name, proposes to develop 54 acres of land for 36 low-income rentals, 12 duplex units and 26 single-family lots.

Tisbury residents voted in favor of borrowing $4.8 million to overhaul and expand the Vineyard Haven Public Library at a special town meeting that lasted more than three hours Tuesday. 

Laura Silber, the housing planner at the Martha’s VIneyard Commission, and James Anthony, the president and CEO of Martha’s Vineyard Bank, were appointed by the state housing secretary to the seasonal communities advisory council.

Less than six months after voting to end paid advertising aboard its ferries, the Steamship Authority board of governors rescinded the decision Monday.

Colleen Morris, the sitting Oak Bluffs town clerk, plans to resign in the new year, but will serve as the acting clerk until the spring election. 

The Friends of Mill Pond announce an art exhibit entitled Celebrating the Mill Pond: Sustaining Serenity Together.