The late June Manning — Wampanoag tribal elder, career nurse and longtime Gazette columnist — will be remembered with a garden in her name at Martha’s Vineyard Community Services.

Vineyard boards of health reported 82 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the week ending Christmas Day, a decline from weeks prior. The count still ranks among the highest on Island in 2021.

On Dec. 26, Archbishop Desmond Tutu died at age 90 in Cape Town, South Africa. He was a giant of human rights, and an inspiration to me.

The $4 million reconstruction project at Memorial Wharf in Edgartown is nearly halfway finished and on track for completion by spring. The project will raise the wharf about a foot and a half.

It was a dark morning, unusually dark, even for December, because it was cloudy, and a keen and searching wind blew shivery snowflakes out of the northeast in ever-increasing numbers.

Four of the visible planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus and Mercury, will appear together in the southwestern skies a short time after sunset.

We’ve been watching Venus, the brightest of them all for weeks. Jupiter is the second brightest and appears above and to the left of Venus. Look in between Venus and Jupiter for the bright planet Saturn.

These three have been staging a pleasant show throughout the fall.

The Chilmark select board is considering three finalists for town treasurer to replace longtime treasurer Melanie Becker, who will retire next month.

As 2021 nears an end, the frenzied, record-shattering Martha’s Vineyard real estate market shows few signs of slowing, with prices in the stratosphere and inventory at a low ebb.

The sophomore class at the regional high school completed the Teen Mental Health First Aid program this week.

It’s a Christmas miracle, Guinea pig sisters Bonnie and Miss T have finally found their family.