Due to unexpected illness, the mailing address for the Red Stocking Fund has temporarily been changed to Box 600, Edgartown, MA 02539. All donations and communications should go to this address until further notice. Inquiries can be directed via e-mail to redstockingfund@gmail.com or phone calls to 508-693-2324. Donations also may be dropped off at any Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank location.

Back to the Island - An Evening For Friends of WMVY radio begins at 8 p.m. Thursday at Nectar’s by the airport with performances by Livingston Taylor, Mike Benjamin, Sabrina and Groover, Jason Spooner Trio, The Daytrippers and Jemima James and Dan Waters.

There is no set admission fee for the benefit, but attendees are being asked to pay what they can. Proceeds will benefit the not-for-profit arm of WMVY that supports free streaming of all programming online at mvyradio.com.

For details, call 508-221-5778 or visit mvyradio.com.

Shotgun deer hunting season started with a bang this week. Less than 40 hours into the two-week season, hunters had bagged at least 100 deer, according to the three mandatory check-in sites throughout the Island. A check-in station in the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest reported that 60 deer had been brought in by Tuesday afternoon. Check-in stations at Larry’s Tackle Shop in Edgartown and at the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) reported 20 deer each.

Aquinnah selectmen have called a one-article special town meeting for Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. for approval of a solar array at the town landfill.

Voters will decide whether the town can enter into a 10-year lease with Vineyard Power. The energy cooperative would build a 50 kilowatt system of about 200 panels, which would produce enough energy to power all of the municipal buildings.

The lease comes at no cost to the town.

Shotgun deer-hunting season began Monday morning and will continue for two weeks.

Hunting is allowed daily, except for Sunday, from a half hour before sunrise to a half hour after sunset.

Both hunters and those who plan to enter the woods should wear bright orange to make themselves visible.

The Vineyarders traveled to the MIAA All-State Championship in Boston last weekend, with both the boys’ and girls’ teams finishing in 12th place in the Division Two meet.

Nineteen teams per side, the top cross-country squads in the state, competed in the race. The last time both Vineyard squads traveled to All-States was in 2004.

The YMCA feels the pain of your extended stomach. So much turkey, potatoes, stuffing, brussels sprouts (maybe?) and on and on. So what’s a beached whale supposed to do? Burn turkey, burn.

Free of charge, the Y is celebrating its second annual Turkey Burner Day on Friday, Nov. 25. What this means is you can sample all the Y has to offer, from the pool to exercise equipment and exercise classes, for free. The free child watch is also available.

Yes, there is no excuse.

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Vineyard Gazette office will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 24 in observance of the holiday. The office will reopen on Friday, Nov. 25.

The Coast Guard terminated the voyage of an Edgartown-based fishing vessel on Tuesday after multiple safety violations were discovered.

According to Coast Guard officials, the 40-foot fishing vessel Sea Raven did not have enough safety gear required to operate the vessel outside a three-nautical-mile line bordering federal waters. The violations included insufficient immersion suits and an unserviceable life ring.

At the time the Sea Raven was boarded, it was located four miles east of Cape Pogue.

Attention, turkey shoppers: There is no meat aisle at the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank Commission.

The land bank has been turning down requests for Good Farm turkeys this week due to an incorrectly listed number in Edible Vineyard’s pull-out farm map. The Island-raised turkeys are available for purchase at Cronig’s Market or by calling 714-785-0112.