Efforts to bury the power lines at Aquinnah Circle have reached a milestone, with Eversource agreeing to do nearly all the work for a fraction of what the town had expected to pay.

The Gay Head Light will close on Monday until next spring, marking the end of its first season in a new location and the beginning of a multi-year restoration project for the historic brick-and-masonry tower and its surroundings.

Chilmark selectmen on Tuesday signed a lease agreement with the Squibnocket Homeowners Association, formalizing a central feature of a project to restore Squibnocket Beach.

All along Lobsterville Beach one morning this week, about a dozen anglers stood in waders, casting into the surf. On any given day during the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby, Lobsterville and neighboring Menemsha are hotspots for surfcasters and fly fishermen of all ages.

Salt marshes are among the most productive ecosystems on earth. But many are threatened due to erosion and sea level rise. At Sengekontacket a group effort is taking place to mitigate erosion and monitor changes.

In researching the life of King David for her new book, The Secret Chord, Geraldine Brooks traveled to Israel, where she herded sheep on a Samarian hillside, stayed in a goat-hair tent and learned as much about Second Iron Age culture as she could.