We have a special New Year’s adoption to report.

The Martha’s Vineyard chapter of the NAACP will hold its annual Martin Luther King Jr. luncheon at the Portuguese-American Club on Jan. 19.

The search for the next principal of Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School enters a new phase this month, as superintendent Richard Smith begins reviewing job candidates’ applications with the help of a 20-member review committee.

The high school winter sports season is at full sail, and the Vineyard boys hockey and basketball teams are leading the way with six and five wins each.

Bird flu made a resurgence on the Vineyard over the holidays after the disease wiped out half of the 350-bird flock at Slough Farm in Edgartown.

An Edgartown mooring holder has filed a lawsuit against the town, alleging a town official retaliated against him by barring access to the town’s only water taxi service.