Someone was searching for a friendly black cat, missing in rural southern Vermont. Someone who had never been to the Vineyard. So how did Boxer end up in Oak Bluffs?

Two days of mild conditions were enough to heal the barrier beach after the ocean broke through during stormy weather Sunday.

David Fabrizio, principal of Ipswich Middle School and one of three finalists being considered for the next principal of Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School has dropped out of the running.

Twenty-year-old Sonika Vaid, a singer with Vineyard ties, impressed American Idol judges in the season premiere of the reality show, which aired Wednesday.

The executive director of Audubon Pennsylvania has been named executive director of the museum. Phil Wallis, a longtime Vineyard visitor, will step into the job on Feb. 16.

A high school principal in the Bronx, a middle school principal in Ipswich, and a former principal in Maine have been named finalists in the search for the next principal.