Some requests have entered my news that I put before you. Our good friend, Jakob Burton-Sundman, has returned to his home on Island after some medical and rehabilitation work off-Island.

It looks like we are in for a seesaw week of weather.

I know only one true West Tisbury Christmas story and it’s not about miracles — more Home Alone than It’s A Wonderful Life.

Six gymnasts at Island Gymnastics recently traveled to Pocasset for the team’s first off-Island meet in five years.

In a unanimous vote Thursday, the West Tisbury zoning board of appeals approved Black Harbor Group's plans to run the grow facility on Dr. Fisher Road, rekindling the chances of Island-grown marijuana in dispensaries. 

Ken Magnuson spotted a tern-like bird in Edgartown Harbor near the lighthouse on Dec. 11.

To be or not to be is the perennial question.

It’s been warming back up after last week’s cold snap. Honestly, it’s hard to complain about 30-degree days when it’s almost Christmas.

Carolina Loubach Batista and Fagner Alves Batista, of Edgartown, announce the birth of a daughter, Olivia Loubach Batista, born on Dec. 11 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Olivia weighed 8 pounds, 9.6 ounces at birth.

Chilmark

Carroll Lane LLC. purchased 1 and 6 Carroll Lane in Chilmark from Matthew R. Stamas and Robert Samuel Carroll Estate for $450,000 on Dec. 12.

Damin Depino and Kimberly Depino purchased 26 Oyster Lane in Chilmark from David A. Damroth on Dec. 13.

Edgartown

Saltyshed LLC. purchased 74 and 75 Jeremiah Way in Edgartown from Amy C. McCrae, Christopher A. McCrae and Megan Lofgren McCrae for $4,250,000 on Dec. 13.

Oak Bluffs