Cleo the German Shepherd has found her forever family and so has Kovu the year-old black cat.

Linsey Lee’s career spans 35 years as the oral historian at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum. Last week, Ms. Lee told her own story, interviewed on stage by her longtime friend and NPR correspondent Mara Liasson.

On Monday evening, Rabbi Caryn Broitman held a service of remembrance at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center to mourn the deaths and pray for the safe return of hostages, and for peace in the region.

The call for help came from Georgia on Friday night. By Sunday afternoon, half the American Legion Hall in Vineyard Haven was filled with supplies destined for states reeling from the devastation of Hurricane Helene.

Kinship Heals has long-range plans to build a shelter in Aquinnah for victims of domestic violence. In the meantime, the organization recently rented a property in Chilmark to create a healing center.