For Menemsha Fish Market owner Stanley Larsen, the harbor is a natural wonderland.

“I was watching a loon this morning eating a clam right off the dock,” Mr. Larsen said on Monday afternoon in Menemsha as a light snow began to fall. “I had to stop and watch it for a few minutes. It was amazing. There are all kinds of ducks in the harbor now. I was just looking out there and trying to count them. Pretty soon the otters will come through and sit on the docks, eating lobsters.”

Summer is pretty magical, too, he said.

Seasons Eatery and Pub, the longtime Circuit avenue institution beloved by sports fans, locals and tourists alike, will close its doors on Sunday, Feb. 3, after 27 years.

In a conversation with the Gazette on Wednesday, Robert Murphy, co-owner of the building, confirmed the Oak Bluffs restaurant and bar would close after the Super Bowl on Sunday night.

Radio station WMVY, the popular Vineyard station that was endangered after its owners sold its FM signal, will live on through online streaming after having reached its fundraising goal last week.

The station’s fundraising effort, which drew support from listeners around the world, was completed just in time: WMVY’s 92.7 FM call signal will be transferred to WBUR, a Boston-based National Public Radio station, in about a week.

A tick-borne disease so new it only has a scientific name has been identified in United States patients for the first time, including at least one person from Nantucket. Borrelia miyamotoi is a relative of Lyme disease with similar symptoms including fever, headache, muscle ache, and fatigue.

Unlike Lyme disease, B. miyamotoi presents recurring fevers in patients and does not trigger a bulls-eye rash. Nor does it cause a positive test with traditional Lyme disease testing, said Dr. Sam R. Telford 3rd, a professor of infectious diseases at Tufts University.

Despite previous warnings, an Oak Bluffs man will remain on probation after appearing in Superior Court Tuesday for allegedly violating his probation.

In October, Daniel A. Ben David, 50, pleaded guilty in Superior Court to charges of unarmed robbery and larceny more than $250 for his part in a 2011 theft of $85,000 from an Oak Bluffs man in his seventies.

Aquinnah voters will decide at a special town meeting on Tuesday whether the town should move forward with plans to take ownership of and relocate the historic Gay Head Light. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Aquinnah town hall. Voters will take up two separate warrants, beginning with a seven-article warrant that failed to meet quorum in November, followed by a two-article warrant with questions about the lighthouse. Moderator Michael Hebert will preside over the special sessions.