Tisbury selectmen sent proposed changes to town shellfish regulations back to the drawing board after a public hearing this week.

At the selectmen’s meeting Tuesday, shellfish constable Danielle Ewart presented four proposed amendments to shellfish regulations. One involves clarifying the definition of standard bushel boxes for commercial shellfishermen. Commercial fisherman Thomas Searle had asked for a better definition and board chairman Tristan Israel agreed that the clarification is needed.

After the last hurrah of Columbus Day weekend, many of the Main street business owners in Vineyard Haven hang signs on their doors saying “Closed” or “See You Next Season.”

On the corner of Main and Centre streets, the long-awaited Cafe Moxie is finally open.

On Tuesday morning couples were seated at tables in the cafe with steaming cups of coffee.

A trail-widening project by the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank on its properties has sparked strong reaction from a small group of bikers and horseback riders, who took their concerns to the land bank this week.

Laura Bryan, an off-road biker who lives on Chappaquiddick, said she and her friend Michael Berwind were biking through Pennywise Preserve last week when they came upon a land bank crew working with a brush cutter and a freshly-cleared trail.

Underneath the green canopy at the Wild Food challenge held at the Rod and Gun Club in Edgartown last Monday, Harbor View chefs Shaun Sells and Nathan Gould, dressed in sleek black uniforms, hovered over their chopping boards, quietly and meticulously slicing smoked striper. Nearby, 11-year-old Rose Herman and 10-year-old Violet Cabot drizzled a beach plum vinaigrette on their watercress salad to accompany a slice of acorn squash and a filet of bluefish.

Breast is the word for Saturday night. On Oct. 13, from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. a bounty of local and regional female singer-songwriters will perform at Dreamland in Oak Bluffs for the first ever Breast Fest Ball, with all proceeds from the benefit going towards the Martha’s Vineyard Breast Cancer Support Group.

Larry Laverdure, the main brain behind the event, plays the bass in Larbear (“that’s me,” he said) and the Lazy B band which consists of Emily Hunsaker and Andrea Dello Russo. Also on the evening’s lineup are Carly Simon, Nina Violet and many more.