October 4 the feeders went up and we had our usual visitors, plus male and female eastern towhees and eastern phoebes.

Elizabeth Seabourne and William Seabourne of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Abram Trask Seabourne, born on Oct. 20 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

Students at the Vineyard Youth Tennis Center got a chance to work with a master on Tuesday, when famed tennis coach Nick Bollettieri visited for the afternoon. Tennis center director Scott Smith worked with Mr. Bollettieri in the 1980s.

Suzanne Goldsmith's first novel, Washashore, features a main character inspired by Gus Ben David. The novel received the Green Earth Book Award which recognizes books that promote environmental stewardship.

Organizers of the Martha’s Vineyard’s travel and shopping website TisburyTurkey.com announced the results of its summer campaign for the Friends of Family Planning of Martha’s Vineyard.

The Oak Bluffs library is offering more than pumpkin carving this fall. On Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 6:30 p.m., and just in time for Halloween, it hosts Dark Passages — Masters of Horror.

Habitat for Humanity of Martha’s Vineyard sponsors a construction materials sale on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 475 Edgartown Road in Vineyard Haven.

It’s about the farm — the land, the sea and the table. It’s about eating local — shellfish, vegetables, cheese, wine, beer — all of it. And it’s about to happen.

An exhibit of paintings by Harry Seymour is October’s Art in the Stacks offering at the Vineyard Haven library.

Chilmark residents approved spending up to $2.5 million for the restructuring of the Martha’s Vineyard Refuse District at a quick special town meeting Monday evening.