Rebecca Bonds and Marc LaVergne of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Chevy Blaise LaVergne, born on Oct. 5 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

Kyleen Keenan and Daniel (Nacho) Vignolo of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a daughter, Francesca Pierina Vignolo, born on Oct. 4 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

Vineyard runners took home top medals in the second annual Gay Head 10K held Sunday morning, beginning with Edgartown native Jamie Smadbeck who crossed the finish line first with a time of 40:18. Mr. Smadbeck and his fiancee ran in memory of her mother, who recently died of lung cancer.

Visitors sporting rain boots and slickers turned out for Saturday’s Living Local Harvest Festival at the Agricultural Hall. The festival celebrated all things local with booths and lectures showcasing local food and educational programs.

An original rosewood Steinway & Sons baby grand piano from 1901, a gift from a group of private donors, will call the West Tisbury library home. A dedication concert is planned for Oct. 12.

There will be a lunar eclipse at dawn on Wednesday morning. This won’t be the most visible eclipse, but for those who are up in the predawn hour, they will see an odd looking full moon, its brilliance partially extinguished as it passes through the Earth’s shadow.

The eclipse goes with the Hunter’s Moon, that full moon that comes with October, a month after the Harvest Moon. The full moon is also a close moon, one of the closest full moons of the year.

Mark London quietly announced at the end of a commission meeting Thursday night that he would retire by the end of next summer. Mr. London has been executive director of the commission for the past 12 years.

Massachusetts law stipulates that police must keep reports of rape and other sexual assaults in confidential files, not available to the general public.

Groundsel trees are in full bloom and thriving these days in the vast salt marshes that ring the many Island saltwater ponds, their gray-green silvery flowers leaning and nodding in the autumn winds that buffet the shorelines.

A new law that keeps police logs sealed in domestic violence cases has the strong backing of Island police and social service leaders who work as victim advocates. But free speech advocates worry that the law poses a threat to the public’s right to know.