The nurses have it. We always knew that.

On New Year’s Eve, next Monday night, Chappy ferry captain Becca LaMarche is willing to stick around after midnight in case you want to stay at a party to welcome in the new year.

The end of December represents a wonderful time to exhibit the spirit and the intent of the late President George Herbert Walker Bush’s “thousand points of light.”

Food trends come and go. But social food issues like food security, hunger prevention, food diversity and food waste are here to stay.

At 1100 hours, we set our anchor on a grassy sand conch pasture under 12 feet of sapphire sea. It had been a rough eight-day offshore passage from Moorehead city.

The YMCA and Martha’s Vineyard Arena plan to merge on Dec. 31, leaders for both organizations confirmed this week.

North Water street in Edgartown was a scene of shattered glass, kicked-in fences, smashed Christmas light bulbs and beer bottles strewn through front lawns Friday morning.

A property abutting the town hall could become the new headquarters for Tri-Town ambulance, if voters agree at the annual town meeting next spring.

Fifteen volunteer firefighters from Edgartown and Tisbury graduated on Wednesday evening from an accelerated firefighter 1 and 2 course. The graduation ceremony was held at the Edgartown school.

Vineyard Skies column for Friday, Dec. 21, 2018