With the $5.6 million purchase last month of a third offshore service vessel (OSV) from a Louisiana firm, the Steamship Authority has another new ferry to name.

It would be a long New Year’s Day, starting before dawn and ending in darkness. The birds rarely stayed put, and neither did the birders.

Known as PlumeStop, the project, which was completed this fall, seeks to stop the chemicals in their tracks, caging them underground before they reach the aquifer or other wells.

On Thursday, Dec. 22, the dynamic duo of Jeremy Smith and Karl Klein delivered their last press run, retiring from the job Mr. Smith first started when he was 26 years old.

The evening skies in the New Year will be filled with planets. Every visible planet, but Mercury, are appearing in our night sky. It is a parade across the evening sky, starting with Mars to the East. Next there is Jupiter and Saturn. Saturn is really close to Venus low in the southwestern sky after sunset.

Saturn and Venus are only visible for a short time before, together the two descend into the twilight.

Mars will be visited by a bright gibbous moon on Tuesday night. Or, you can look Monday night for them fairly close. They are in the zodiacal constellation Taurus.

Due to a recent windfall of state funding, medical abortion services will be directly available on-Island through a local provider for the first time in Vineyard history.

Aquinnah at the break of dawn on the cusp of a new year is a talkative place.

The Rotary Club has had a very active year.

From the Jan. 6, 1978 edition of the Vineyard Gazette by Polly Woollcott Murphy.

To say goodbye to 2022, there are ample ways to celebrate New Year's Eve on the Island.