On the way out her apartment door in Boston for Christmas vacation, Caitlin Hawke grabbed the mail and started sifting through it on the elevator, suitcase at her side.

One letter in particular got her attention.

Pitchers’ duels ruled the day in the two Little League Championship games at Veira Park on Saturday afternoon. The league-leading Cubs picked up their second title in a row with a 2-1 win over the second-place Pirates in the Majors game, while the Marlins won 3-1 over the Reds in the Minor League contest.

Early threats of thunderstorms faded into cloudless blue skies as Cubs ace Aidan Aliberti took the mound for his first of four 1-2-3 innings to start things off.

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission Thursday approved a proposal from Rymes Propane Gas to operate a propane delivery business off High Point Lane in Vineyard Haven. John Rymes, the owner of the New Hampshire-based company, said he saw a need for another propane supplier on the Island, and he plans to start a temporary facility on property owned by Peter Goodale.

Briana Fragosa almost jumped out of her bright pink Crocs. The butterfly pin holding back her long hair threatened to take flight as its owner bounced and bounced yelling, “Five minutes! Five minutes!”

Vineyard fishermen have dropped their lawsuit over the Cape Wind project, with Cape Wind in turn agreeing to help fund a new fishing permit program.

The place names are familiar and unchanging: Wasque, Cape Pogue and Long Point, Herring Creek Farm, Cedar Tree Neck and Fulling Mill Brook, Waskosim’s Rock and Pecoy Point, to name a few.

But the people who admire, use and could potentially contribute to the thousands of acres of land in conservation on the Vineyard have changed, and Island conservation leaders say this is what frames their biggest challenge today.

134 Franklin Terrace in Vineyard Haven sold for $260,000 on June 11.

Lot 19.5 on Tashmoo avenue in Vineyard Haven sold for $135,000 on June 11.

Ultimate Frisbee

With the summer Olympics approaching, one might be aiming for a sedentary approach to sport. Watch, watch and watch some more the best athletes in the word perform. But hopefully, all that sport will inspire a pro-active approach.

The Vineyard offers ample opportunity to run, jump, hit, swing or swim. This summer, frisbee fans need not look glum, either.

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission Thursday approved a proposal from Rymes Propane Gas to operate a propane delivery business off High Point Lane in Vineyard Haven.

John Rymes, the owner of the New Hampshire-based company, said he saw a need for another propane supplier on the Island, and he plans to start a temporary facility on property owned by Peter Goodale. The project had sparked some debate about whether the property’s development of regional impact status could be rescinded when the propane company relocates.