For the loved ones who gathered at the annual Ceremony of Remembrance on Saturday afternoon, their stories may have differed but their pain was the same — the grief of losing a child.

The award will go to Francine Kelly and Ann Smith in recognition of their work to promote the arts on the Vineyard. Ms. Kelly is former executive director at Featherstone; her daughter succeeded her.

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.

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.

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.