There is a reason why many birds migrate south for the winter! Food can be scarce.

The juvenile basking shark washed up in the surf on Menemsha Beach Sunday, attracting onlookers. Later scientists arrived to perform a necropsy that will contribute to shark research as a whole.

“Open wide and say ahh!” This is one fish that would be a dentist’s dream. It wasn’t a dentist who found a dead basking shark at Menemsha Beach last weekend.

Ninth grade history classes at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School produced more than 100 projects as part of the annual African American Heritage Trail history project. The students traveled the trail, interviewed members of the community and created a wide array of work.

Clough LLC purchased 211 Meetinghouse Way in Edgartown from John A. Davidson and Carol A. Davidson for $854,000 on Jan. 7.

Liam M. Wallace of Vineyard Haven was named to the fall 2013 dean’s list at Hamilton College.

David Wallis was elected president of Friends of Vineyard Soccer during the board’s annual meeting on Jan. 9, taking the helm from Richard Bennett, who served the organization for three years.

On Tuesday, Jan. 21, actors Andy Garcia and Vera Farmiga will touch base with the Vineyard—and not hidden away at some secluded enclave.

The Vineyard Haven Public Library begins a six-week long film and lecture series entitled America’s Music: A History of Our Popular Music from Blues to Bluegrass to Broadway on Wednesday, Jan. 22, at 7:30 p.m.

Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School is hosting an enrollment open house on Tuesday, Jan. 28, beginning at 5:30 p.m.