The hyperbole journalists delighted in at the advent of Oak Bluffs placed it on a level with Paris or Rome, comparing the new town with paintings by Monet in the 1870s.

This weekend marks the mass exodus of most of our resident college kids. They have been around for a bit over a month, visiting with family, reacquainting with friends, walking beaches, exercising at the Y, and filling a few of those 24 hours in a day with part time jobs.

I keep hearing that people are sick of this weather already and they are ready for spring. However, if they thought about last winter we had several inches of snow and it was a lot colder.

Brrr . . . downright chilly last week. Good thing I’m a hardy type and don’t mind wearing several layers. I rarely, if ever, stay indoors for an entire day.

Probably the best bird of the week is Dick Jennings’s observation of a common yellowthroat. It was hunkered down along a border of liriope.

Michael Cutrer of Vineyard Haven was named to the fall 2014 semester dean’s list at Nichols College.

Last week, social media was ablaze with some unique pictures. It wasn’t just the usual cute kids and photos of fabulous food on the interwebs, but something else that rose above the ordinary.

The Edgartown planning board has unanimously approved a 10-lot subdivision on 7.11 acres of land on Mullen Way.

Support the Yard’s Making It: Kids Make Dance program by coming to the Chilmark Community Center and getting your own dance on when Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish play on Friday, Jan. 16, from 7:30 to 10 p.m.

The family that dances together . . . well, dances together. This time it’s for a great cause — ticket sales go to support the Niantic Park Playground Project.