As the Sail Martha’s Vineyard winter lecture and dinner series continues this month, Matthew Stackpole will be at the Black Dog Tavern on Feb. 11.

Tisbury ended its scallop season in the Lagoon this week on a strong note. Assistant shellfish constable Donald MacGillivray said 1,980 bushels of scallops were harvested. The pond is now closed on the Tisbury side to protect next year’s scallop crop.

Passage at St. Augustine spotlights civil rights campaigns in the historic Florida city. Vineyarder Esther Burgess is featured in the film, which will be screened this weekend in West Tisbury.

Islanders struggling to pay their heating bills have help available in the fuel assistance program administered through the county and Vineyard Health Care Access.

The Tisbury planning board has rescheduled its community vision planning meeting, which will now take place on Thursday, Feb. 12, at the Tisbury Senior Center at 7 p.m.