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A vandal is at large on Nantucket, an island better known for gray-shingle cottages, boat shoes and billionaires. ⁠ ⁠ In January, someone apparently slashed a 947-foot-long structure of sand-filled tubes, designed to slow erosion of scenic Sconset Bluff. The damage to the project—on which homeowners spent about $18 million, and could cost another $2 million to repair—has inflamed a battle between people trying to save expensive summer homes teetering on the bluff’s edge and year-rounders who say nature should take its course.⁠ ⁠ “It’s shocking,” said Josh Posner, president of the Sconset Beach Preservation Fund. The group is trying to protect 80 houses on Baxter Road, an enclave with spectacular ocean views and named properties such as “Owl’s Nest.”⁠ ⁠ Erosion fights are raging on coastlines nationwide as sea-level rise and intense storms devour beaches and prime real estate. Few have been as entrenched as Nantucket’s.⁠ ⁠ The dispute involves lawsuits, testy town meetings and talk of class conflicts. Lifelong friends now find themselves on opposing sides, with one faction even accusing the other side of engineering a political purge of the island’s conservation commission. ⁠ ⁠ And now, ahead of a May town meeting that could decide whether the homeowners can expand the geotubes project to protect more homes—someone or something has struck. ⁠ ⁠ The Nantucket Police Department, which launched a probe, is considering all possibilities, including Mother Nature. ⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 📷: @charlielikeswater for @wsjphotos