Winter arrives on Wednesday at 4:48 p.m. There is not a day in the year here with less sunlight. The weather in the last two months has certainly pointed us to this day. The temperatures is already seasonally colder than we are used to in recent years. And we've already seen snow.

Take a step outside tonight to enjoy this astronomical event, as well as a likely meteorological night.

Tisbury and Oak Bluffs are gearing up for expansions to their aging wastewater facilities, as officials root out illegal sewer hookups and seek nitrogen mitigation methods.

Nearly one month after the Rockland Trust robbery, police have arrested three suspects. It's possible none of them would be in custody without the timely passing of a VTA bus on the morning of Nov. 17.

My wife Susan and I are currently in Amsterdam, visiting friends and celebrating the Christmas and Hanukkah seasons.

My mother warned me that the Island was different in the winter.

Steamship Authority bonds have always been "plus for the privileged."

The Oak Bluffs Association (OBA) wants to send out a huge thank you to everyone who made Light Up Oak Bluffs so special this year.

From the Dec. 14, 1951 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:

Jeff Gemma’s tattoo shop, named after Oak Bluffs icon Johnny Seaview, sits in the small alley that connects Circuit avenue Extension to the Oak Bluffs harbor.

After a 13-year run, the Night Heron Gallery in Vineyard Haven will close its doors at the end of this year. There will be an open house on Dec. 22.