A home on Nantucket’s coast that had been severely threatened by beach erosion has been torn down. Workers tore down the home, located on the southern shore of the Massachusetts island ...

Just over six months after businessman Don Vaccaro signed the paperwork on his new property on Nantucket's coast, the beach house is ... like planting sea grass, to avoid a similar fate.

As Nantucket fights a costly, multi-front battle against erosion, a quiet, low-tech alternative debuted last week, one that might offer a natural, affordable solution to constantly shifting ...