The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $591,993.33 for the business week ending on Friday, Oct. 3, 2014.

Shirley Mayhew’s affectionate recollections of West Tisbury chronicle the years from 1947, when she arrived as a bride to a community of 239 residents, to 2013, when the book was written.

The dry ponds now have some water in them and the ducks seem to be happy. I hope the deer are happy as people have been complaining about them eating all the leaves.

Big week for this author and, by obvious extension, Chappy itself. Firstly, I turned 51 — a glorious affair replete with my usual vacant stares and wistful yearnings, but with room left over along the edges of my psyche for hopeful anticipation of life to come.

Autumn is not my favorite season. And not because it signals the end of summer swimming and sailing, or because it presages the cold weather. For me it’s just that fall’s vibrant colors — the glowing golds and startling crimsons — mark an end rather than a sunny beginning.

Chilmark is still enjoying daily sunshine with occasional rain at night — seems like a nice arrangement! We still have many fishermen and visitors to enjoy it all. Fall has been more like summer so far.

With the announcement by executive director Mark London that he will retire at the end of next summer, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission has been handed an opening to articulate its mission and reconsider its priorities and the time to do it right.

Autumn is settling over the Island like so many fallen leaves and for the many people who work long hours in summer, this is a time to pause and savor the quiet season.

In the past three years the residents of Chappaquiddick have worked with Pam Dolby and the Edgartown selectmen to bring Comcast to Chappy. We are now two months from realizing this as the mid-December contract deadline approaches.

Can someone explain to me why Oak Bluffs does not recycle cereal boxes, orange juice cartons, etc.? They are recyclable. Also, if recycling is encouraged, why is it necessary to have a sticker to bring recyclables to the landfill?