The summer scene is back to normal this year at Pay and Inkwell beaches following a project this spring to renourish them with tons of clean sand dredged sand from underneath the Little Bridge.

A future plan to expand the boundaries of the Edgartown historic district saw general support at a public hearing this week.

I’ve spent a lot of time on a lot of sailboats. I have read about them and talked about them with naval architects and boat builders. But I still don’t understand most advertisements for them.

Last week was fried dough at the Tisbury Street Fair. This week it’s malasada, sopa and cacoila. Welcome to the Portuguese Holy Ghost Feast and Festival, a two-day extravaganza of eating, festivities and a parade through the streets of Oak Bluffs.

The Home and Garden Television dream home in Edgartown has new owners this week ­— and they did not have to enter a sweepstakes to get the keys. Rosemary O’Brien and Eigil D. Rothe of Washington D.C. bought the house at 15 Crocker Drive on July 8 for $2,315,000.

Take a group of local cookbook authors, add food, wine and conversation, and you’ve got Cook the Vineyard!, a panel discussion-meets-lunch event sponsored by the Martha’s Vineyard Magazine. The second annual event will be held Monday, July 20, at Lola’s in Oak Bluffs, starting at noon. Tickets are $65 for a multi-course wine-paired lunch.