When the call to duty came, Gay Head sent 23 of its sons to World War I, a larger percentage of its population than any other town in New England. All able-bodied men volunteered to serve.

Although a number of questions went unanswered, Edgartown selectmen this week authorized the town affordable housing trust to buy and resell a home on Metcalf Drive. It marks the first resale in Edgartown of a property originally designated as affordable housing.

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank is moving forward with plans to create a seasonal low impact campground on a two-acre site inside the Southern Woodlands Reservation.

A frightening pack of newly-deceased Islanders made the rounds in Oak Bluffs Thursday evening for a Zombie Bar Crawl. They were consistently gory, occasionally inappropriate, and often quite hilarious.

The North American Speed Sailing Invitational took place on Martha’s Vineyard this month. Islander Rob Douglas and friendly rival Alex Caizergues of France were top competitors.

In a case testing the limits of the grand jury system, the state’s highest court has agreed to review the dismissal of charges against a Vineyard Haven businessman who was indicted for child rape solely on the basis of a police officer’s testimony.