There is nothing I can say about this week and how beautiful the sky has been and how warm it was. Of course the leaves are still falling, but there is still a hint of color in some trees.

The Eagle, Oak Bluffs’ Island Theatre, was sold to Alfred Hall in 1929, who by 1935 owned all of the Island’s movie theatres. In terms of antiquity the theatre was built in 1915.

Every fall Ron Pittaway makes a winter finch forecast. The general forecast predicts there will be a “mixed bag” of finch movements.

Silmara Casarin and Andre P. Casarin of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, Mylena Moura Casarin, born on Oct. 27 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

Sense of Wonder Creations art classes for young people from ages six to 18 will begin the week of Nov. 3 and continue to mid June.

A criminal trial got underway Tuesday in a case involving an alleged stabbing in Oak Bluffs in the early spring of 2013. Two men are facing charges of assault; one also has been charged with attempted murder. Jury selection took days to complete.

Meditations of Peace will take place in the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital Chapel on Saturday, Nov. 1, at 3 p.m. There will be peaceful forms of music, prayers, movement, poems and meditation/contemplation.

All local and visiting artisans from candlestick makers to bakers are invited to contribute to the Handmade from the Heart holiday fundraiser for Hospice of Martha's Vineyard.

The Edey Foundation, founded by the late Maitland Edey of Seven Gates Farm, announces funds available for grants to Island nonprofit organizations.

The Edgartown Board of Trade elected a board of directors for 2015 at its annual election held Tuesday, Oct. 14, at the Harbor View Hotel.