A committee exploring better mobile phone coverage to Chappaquidick told the town selectmen Monday it is making progress. A DAS system and transmitting tower are both under study.

Jo Ann Murphy, Mary Beth Grady, Allison Burger and Betty Burton have little in common unless you count determination, passion, compassion, selflessness, creativity, humility, entrepreneurship, generosity, optimism and admiration for each other. The four were honored at a champagne brunch Sunday.

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.

Oak Bluffs selectmen accepted a bid of $5.2 million to repair the crumbling seawall on the North Bluff and build a walkway to connect the Steamship Authority terminal to Oak Bluffs harbor. Construction is expected to begin in December.

Edgartown selectmen set dates for the 2015-2016 bay scallop season. Recreational scalloping begins Thursday, Oct. 1 in all Edgartown waters, but dragging for scallops is prohibited in Cape Pogue until Oct. 30. The commercial season kicks off Nov. 2 in all waters.