MVYouth awarded expansion grants of $200,000 to the YMCA and $75,000 to Vineyard Family Tennis, announcing simultaneously a comprehensive study of the needs of Island youth and youth services.

When I was a kid, the Chappy ferry ramps were made of a dozen thick wooden planks bolted to a couple of cross pieces that formed the shape of a bold letter H.

What was that? Quick snowstorm, plows out all night, then rain wiped all traces away by the next morning.

The sun is shining but the temperature is cold. We cannot complain as we have had some pretty warm weather so far.

Well, the weekend weather was all over the map. Touch of snow, rain with high winds forcing several SSA cancellations.

His name is always present and always before us and every third Monday in January we are prompted to take time to reflect on the positive impact his words, his work, and the overall civil rights movement has had on our daily lives today.

What a difference a day makes, as well as what a difference a week makes.

Deirdre Juliet Chassman purchased 55 Bijahs Way in Chilmark from Stephen A. Spongberg and Harmony C. Spongberg for $1,587,500 on Jan. 17.

Jahzarah McIntosh, an eighth grader from the Edgartown School, was selected as Edgartown Project 351 ambassador.

Bethany and Stephen Hammond, of West Tisbury, announce the birth of a son, Silas Ray Hammond, born on Dec. 18 at the Massachusetts General Hospital.