Two events focusing on taxes are planned for early March. The Oak Bluffs library hosts an AARP tax aid program and the Tisbury senior center hosts an event explaining the town's property tax exemption.

A recurring theme this week is that cold weather, wind, snow and ice make birds show up in unexpected places and do unexpected things.

Anna Yuen of Vineyard Haven was recently recognized with the Peggy Ryan Williams Award for Academic and Community Leadership at Ithaca College.

Kendra Mills of Vineyard Haven was named to the fall 2014 semester dean’s list at Bard College at Simon’s Rock.

Though many of us want to go out and play, it is not all fun and games in the snow.

The Vineyard Gazette won 35 awards for excellence in journalism in an annual competition for newspapers in New England, including first place awards for the newspaper’s website and several awards for its special coverage of coastal erosion and the visit last summer by the whaleship Charles W. Morgan.

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Marking the end of a year-long process involving state, federal and local authorities, the town of Aquinnah officially took ownership of the Gay Head Light on Friday. The transfer clears the way for the lighthouse to be moved away from the eroding Gay Head cliffs this spring.

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission has taken steps to preserve the historic character of several West Tisbury roadways. Commissioners voted to designate Pine Hill, Red Coat Hill, Mott’s Hill and Shubael Weeks roads as special ways, affording them protections against future development.

After a winter of endless storms and frigid temperatures, author and family therapist Dr. Anne Fishel is looking at the bright side. “It’s good for family dinners!” she said from her home in Boston last weekend.

Arlene and Brad Woodger of Chappaquiddick announce the birth of a son, Etienne Kingston Woodger, born on Feb. 20 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.