Aquinnah voters zipped through a special town meeting Saturday afternoon, unanimously approving a series of year-end spending transfers

Dr. Roger Kligler, a retired internist who lives in Falmouth, takes his golden retriever Bodie everywhere with him. Everywhere except on runs to the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

Preliminary funding for a town hall renovation project is on the docket when Aquinnah convenes a special town meeting Saturday afternoon. The meeting begins at 1 p.m. inside the town hall.

Since 1938, the Red Stocking Fund has provided Island children in need with gifts for the holiday season. Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, Susie Wallo and Sandy Joyce, who head the fund, are making sure this year is no different.

This year the emphasis for Christmas in Edgartown is still on good cheer but with a healthy does of safety, too.

A mainstay Martha’s Vineyard nightspot year round, the Ritz Cafe will shutter effective Jan. 1, with plans to reopen March 9, following approval from the Oak Bluffs selectmen Tuesday.