Salt marshes are among the most productive ecosystems on earth. But many are threatened due to erosion and sea level rise. At Sengekontacket a group effort is taking place to mitigate erosion and monitor changes.

The Island Housing Trust and Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank paid $1.2 million for the property off State Road in Vineyard Haven, with a plan to build rental housing on part of the land and leave the remainder in conservation.

The retail price of the antibiotic routinely prescribed for treatment of Lyme disease has shot up in recent months, causing consternation among Island medical and veterinary providers.

When Truman Capote hunkered down in Kansas to research what would become his book In Cold Blood, Oak Bluffs resident Don Cullivan, an old army buddy of one of the killers, was there too.

Doris Ward taught language arts at the Edgartown School for 14 years. It was where she worked, but it was also a second home to her. When the old school was torn down in 2003, she felt a part of her life had been torn down too.