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Bigs and Littles appreciate trip on the Alabama

To the Editor:  On behalf of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cape Cod and the Islands (BBBS), I’d like to extend a note of gratitude to the Black Dog Tall Ships and the Douglas family...

Artificial turf harms children

To the Editor:  Thank you so much to The MV Times for voicing what the majority of the Vineyard’s residents are thinking. turf fields should not be decided by a few members of a school...

Vineyard wildfire potential real

To the Editor: There is an important article in Friday’s New York Times about the follow-on effects of replanting forests with a monoculture. The article is, "We Thought We Were Saving the Planet but We...

Dover outdated

To the Editor: It’s a pity that the court has ruled against the Oak Bluffs planning board in their effort to prevent the building of a synthetic turf field. I do not have children who...

Missing a dear friend

To the Editor:  Our neighbor, Kate Collins, died a few days ago. Our family was her neighbor, and what a good neighbor she was. Always willing to help out, be around if needed, keep an...

Opportunity to mitigate climate change

To the Editor: This week my partner and I made a presentation to the Oak Bluffs Select Board on our new organization, which is working with the Oak Bluffs parks commission to raise money to...

Racist signs won’t discourage or intimidate

To the Editor: On an Island, and specifically in a town steeped in a rich history of native/indigenous and African American history, it is indeed disturbing to hear that Oak Bluffs is experiencing white supremacy...

Newsroom selective on holding officials accountable

To the Editor: I take issue with a line from a recent editorial (“Condemn the attacks on a small-town weekly newspaper,” August 23) regarding a police raid on a local paper in Kansas. Here is...

Dover Amendment of 1950 in today’s world of environmental considerations

To the Editor: The recent decision on the lawsuit brought by the town of Oak Bluffs versus the use of artificial turf on the MVRHS campus brings into sharp focus how towns, cities, and residential...

Bushes needed to be trimmed

To the Editor: I got sick and tired of having to step into traffic to walk from Five Corners to Sweet Bites because A-A Island Auto Rental on the corner doesn’t tend its bushes, so...

Pricing, not weather, why tourism is down

 To the Editor: It was almost entertaining to read the reasons ticked off by various business owners, realtors, and even the executive director of the Chamber of Commerce in the recent article "Business leaders: European...

Educate yourself on the climate crisis

To the Editor: We can no longer talk about climate change. We are now in a climate emergency. This summer we have seen a turning point in our weather. Not one or two raging wildfires...

Wind farm blade recycling

To the Editor: Let me start out by saying that Trump's presidency divided this country in a similar magnitude to the division caused by the Civil War and Vietnam. Dividing the country is one of...

A thank-you, and some life advice

To the Editor: Thank you to everyone who braved the line at Mott's! We, as well as any business should, truly appreciate you standing in that line just to get in! We want it to...

Hospital stands by early morning freight support

To the Editor: I don’t typically respond to Letters to the Editor, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t set the record straight on a letter published by the Martha’s Vineyard Times on August 31...

Response to “What’s in a name?” essay

To the Editor: I read, with a grin on my face, the essay, 'What's in a name?' by John Merrow. The grin was elicited to think that a two-time Peabody Award winner would actually take...

A special thank you to the Tisbury emergency responders

To the Editor A thousand kudos and thanks to the Tisbury Fire Dept. and Police who came promptly to our house on Hatch Road and saved us from a kitchen fire. We are so grateful...

Paying it forward at the Ag Fair

To the Editor: In these days of hostility, it’s refreshing to experience something that shows that some thoughtfulness exists. During the fair I was helping out at the parking lot taking the fee. Several times...

Bodelives

To the Editor:  It seems that Trump is more of a "uniter" than I thought. Who would have ever thought that Ron DeSantis and Hillary Clinton would agree about the cultists who praise Trump. Hillary called...

Hospital wrong on early freight ferry

To the Editor: Martha's Vineyard Hospital CEO Denise Schepici must be a very powerful, and persuasive, person on the Vineyard. In releasing a 2024 ferry schedule that continues to offer highly objectionable 5:30 am freight...