The latest proposal for restoring Squibnocket Beach was presented to the town committee on Tuesday by the Friends of Squibnocket, a group that includes homeowners in the beach area.

The Mill Brook watershed management planning committee will hold the first of several public forums on Monday, Sept. 29, at 5:30 p.m. at the West Tisbury library.

Seen now on a milkweed plant near you, the caterpillar of the milkweed tiger moth is anything but dull. Think Cousin Itt meets Halloween.

The 4-1 vote clears the way for brothers Greg and Dan Martino to begin a pioneering aquaculture venture. There were complaints from abutters and concerns about navigation, but the town strongly backed the project as a boost to the shellfishery.

A new shorebird came in for a landing at Squibnocket last week, a Baird’s sandpiper — a rare fall migrant on the Vineyard.

What’s for dinner? Acorns, you say? Polly Hill Arboretum invites you to join Arthur Haines as he shares the secrets of gathering and preparing acorns.