Against a backdrop of strict state and federal rules governing clean water in harbors, Tisbury town officials are wrestling with how to best provide comprehensive pump-out facilities in the Vineyard’s main port town.

Well, our Pats fever has been cured by not only their amazing win but also by the blizzard conditions we have endured for most of the past week with freezing temperatures, to now become afebrile. I had a lot of nice family time watching the storm while watching movies, cooking and baking, making s’mores, having my grandchildren Kayla and Noah update my technology and just spending time together. The best part is we made it through another storm without losing power and not being able to do everything we wanted to get done.

Martha’s Vineyard Community Services recently announced that Jan Hatchard has rejoined the agency in a newly created position of donor relations manager.

Seventh grader Spencer Pogue won the Edgartown School’s National Geographic Society 2015 geography bee on Tuesday, Feb. 3.

As the Sail Martha’s Vineyard winter lecture and dinner series continues this month, Matthew Stackpole will be at the Black Dog Tavern on Feb. 11.

If you’re wondering how Twitter works or how to post something on Instagram, make your way to the Harbor View Hotel on Feb. 8 and 9 for the Social Shape Up workshops.

Learn more about the charter school at an open house and fill out an application for next year on Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 5:30 p.m.

Tisbury ended its scallop season in the Lagoon this week on a strong note. Assistant shellfish constable Donald MacGillivray said 1,980 bushels of scallops were harvested. The pond is now closed on the Tisbury side to protect next year’s scallop crop.

Winter makes for an artful landscape as painters come together at the Portuguese-American Club in Oak Bluffs for a step-by-step painting party.

Corey Perrotta of Vineyard Haven was named to the fall 2014 dean’s list at Coastal Carolina University.