More than 150 people turned out on a sunny, blustery day last Sunday for a simple ceremony to remember Asa French, who died last month at the age of 30.

The long-running North Bluff coastal bank restoration project in Oak Bluffs is on time and under budget, town officials learned during a walking tour at the site this week.

The Army Corps of Engineers terminated its contract with J-Way Inc. Dredging equipment has been left behind in Menemsha Channel and along Lobsterville and West Basin roads.

The board of health is considering rules that would hold property owners accountable for wastewater from new development in two pond watersheds.