Seasons Eatery and Pub, the longtime Circuit avenue institution beloved by sports fans, locals and tourists alike, will close its doors on Sunday, Feb. 3, after 27 years.

In a conversation with the Gazette on Wednesday, Robert Murphy, co-owner of the building, confirmed the Oak Bluffs restaurant and bar would close after the Super Bowl on Sunday night.

For Menemsha Fish Market owner Stanley Larsen, the harbor is a natural wonderland.

“I was watching a loon this morning eating a clam right off the dock,” Mr. Larsen said on Monday afternoon in Menemsha as a light snow began to fall. “I had to stop and watch it for a few minutes. It was amazing. There are all kinds of ducks in the harbor now. I was just looking out there and trying to count them. Pretty soon the otters will come through and sit on the docks, eating lobsters.”

Summer is pretty magical, too, he said.

Radio station WMVY, the popular Vineyard station that was endangered after its owners sold its FM signal, will live on through online streaming after having reached its fundraising goal last week.

The station’s fundraising effort, which drew support from listeners around the world, was completed just in time: WMVY’s 92.7 FM call signal will be transferred to WBUR, a Boston-based National Public Radio station, in about a week.

Skip Finley, a nationally-recognized broadcast executive, has been appointed director of sales and marketing for the Vineyard Gazette Media Group, which includes the Vineyard Gazette newspaper, Martha’s Vineyard Magazine, Welcome to Martha’s Vineyard travel guide and associated web sites. The announcement was made this week by publisher Jane Seagrave.

Radio station WMVY will continue after reaching its fundraising goal Friday evening, one day before the deadline.

North Dakota has come through, making it a clean sweep of donations from 50 states for radio station WMVY.

And the popular Vineyard station that was in danger of going silent after an NPR station purchased its signal, has nearly reached its fundraising goal.

"We are hoping to do it in the next 24 hours," Barbara Dacey, director of programming for WMVY, told the Gazette at press time Thursday. "We don't know. It's all up to everybody else," she added.