In their first Eastern Athletic Conference matchup of the season, the Vineyarders faced undefeated Somerset-Berkley at home Friday night, falling 47-8. The Vineyarders' lone highlight came midway through the fourth quarter, when senior running back Brandon Watkins blazed through a 76-yard touchdown run after a handoff from senior quarterback Alec Tattersall.

And although money is coming in, executive director James Lengyel said the lank bank is not in the position to be acquiring new properties, with a still slumping real estate market. Last week, the land bank reported revenue of $0. Mr. Lengyel said a week without revenue is infrequent for the land bank, though it has happened before. The last time, he said, was within the last year.

Paul Brissette stood in front of the Grange Hall Thursday evening to receive the Permanent Endowment Fund’s 2012 Creative Living Award and pulled from his pocket a small white carton. On it were written the words The Box. “The Box contains all the knowledge and experience human beings have accumulated thus far,” Mr. Brissette told the gathering of friends, family members, colleagues and community members.

The film is just 23 minutes, 14 seconds long. It’s silent, black and white and there are moments when the images jump around due to the choppiness of the sea — or of the editing. There’s a shot of a man with a long harpoon and dart leaning against the rail of a bowsprit. There’s a wooden keg bouncing over the wave tops toward the horizon.

Keith Dodge walked swiftly and confidently down the halls of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School to his tidy classroom, where he welcomed first-year teacher Emma Mushnick.

The two English teachers — one retiring, one beginning — sat down with the Gazette to talk about the challenges, joys and journey of teaching.

The Gay Head Light, the beacon of light at the furthest end of the Island overlooking the historic clay cliffs, is likely to be put up to bid by the federal government sometime in the next year, the Martha’s Vineyard Museum confirmed this week. The disposition of the lighthouse follows the announcement by the GSA that it was looking to transfer ownership of 12 historic lighthouses.