Shotgun hunting season runs from Dec. 1 through Dec. 13. Hunting hours begin a half hour before sunrise and close a half hour after sunset. Hunting is prohibited on Sundays.

With Vibrio an ongoing concern, guidelines for handling and transporting oysters are expected to be revised again. Vineyard oyster farmers have been exemplary in adhering to protocols, state officials said.

After a morning of snow flurries and bitter cold, the sun was finally shining on Felix Neck’s Fall Festival. Hearty festival goers turned out for a day of making garlands and wreaths, hay rides and a close look at owls.

Donated to the Steamship Authority by Bill and Sue Ewen of Oak Bluffs, the whistle comes from the ferry Brinckerhoff, a sidewheeler built in 1899 to serve on the Hudson River.

On the day after Thanksgiving Nat Benjamin and a four-man crew cast off the stern lines of the gaff-rigged schooner Charlotte and set sail for the Caribbean. But it will be more than a cruising adventure.

With everything from candles and cards to jewelry and toys, the Main street Vineyard Haven store has served both year-round and summer customers since 1913.

The gleaners have been out in force in recent weeks, scouring the abundant farm fields up-Island and down for sweet potatoes, kale, onions, winter squash and more.

The storm that cancelled ferries and hampered travelers to and from the Island had blown out to sea by Thursday morning. At Ocean Park in Oak Bluffs the day began with solitary walkers along the beachfront.

A few things have changed since the Reliable Market first opened in 1947, but not the family behind its success. The Pachecos have owned and operated the Circuit avenue store from the beginning.

It’s still early in the morning and Phoenix Russell has decided to spend the first part of the day combing one of her favorite beaches to collect conch and clam shells to make jewelry. She also spends most fall mornings and evenings sitting in a deer stand.