Island police have been setting aside their razors and growing beards and mustaches this November to help raise money for charity.

Good deeds and deer accidents kept Island police busy over the long holiday weekend. In Edgartown, officers provided 41 families with turkeys.

For years turkeys have been setting up roost around the Vineyard in record numbers, roaming the fields and rural roads with impunity.

Debbie Ware could tell Dr. Michael Jacobs needed help with his wool and yarn when they met at the farmers’ market last spring.

Chilmark voters sped through the majority of articles at a special town meeting Monday night, but money for Menemsha improvements and harbor master training saw debate.

While the Vineyarders and Nantucket Whalers battled on the gridiron for the Island Cup Saturday, another Island Cup was on the line just a few miles away at the Nantucket Disc Golf Course.