The saltwater pond is generally healthy with no serious habitat damage, but nitrogen levels are at their limit, the report from the Massachusetts Estuaries Project report said.

At the Amigos story hour at the Edgartown Library, children wearing pajamas and slippers crowded around a group of high school students who read to them in Portuguese and English. Parents joined in.

An early November storm last weekend left behind severe erosion on Chappaquiddick beaches. The Trustees of Reservations have temporarily closed all beaches on the Island to over-sand vehicle traffic.

Fundraisers are underway for Enrico Holley, an Island painter who was seriously injured last week when he fell off a roof.