Saturday, March 22, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Let my stones stay

What follows is a letter from the Edgartown selectmen to me, and my response.

No place for turbines

A year ago, we Islanders first learned that in addition to the Cape Wind project, Deval Patrick's energy department had chosen Nomans Land and Cuttyhunk to create another massive wind factory (166 turbines, each 50 stories high).

Safe cycling is a shared responsibility

In his Letter to the Editor of August 26, Dan Benedetto suggested, in a sarcastic and unpleasant way, that experienced cyclists that use the road are "killing him," and that they should use "bike paths.

Protection puts nature off limits

There comes a time where being over-protected is counterproductive.

We are not the ‘co-creators’

Last week's MV Times, Page 15, devotes an entire page to a planned ecumenical service entitled ''It isn't easy being green.

Eat fish, think locally

As a beach trash hunter/remover, I usually find one or two messages-in-a-bottle each summer.

Meinhart

I would like to give a public "well done" to the group responsible for planning and implementing the reverse 911 system in Edgartown.

More than a boat

In the first weeks of July, before the big fire, a 16-foot fiberglass skiff was taken from the Mayhew dock in Menemsha.

Aim the energy conservation help directly at the homeowner

I have watched the debate over ocean wind farms on the Cape from the beginning.

Many reasons for the fish pier where it’s planned

The proposed fishing pier in Oak Bluffs is getting some unjustified bad press lately, due to some misinformation swimming around out there.

McCornack

Collaboration is everything! The following worked together in various ways to enable Featherstone to have a wonderful party on Sunday while celebrating the Art of The Ceramic Bowl: 18 creative Island potters, Little Rock Farm, Cash and Carry, Rickard's Bakery, Scottish Bakehouse, Alison Shaw Gallery, writers from The M.

Management mistakes at TTOR

David Babson is a great guy, intelligent, personable, trustworthy.

Joy to share

I am writing today with a joy that I would like to share.

A gift, if we see it that way

An Agricultural Society Cookbook, what a marvelous idea.

The president is out of touch

I am so sorry that President Obama is having a rainy vacation.

Hey, you

Hey you in the red Cadillac convertable with the top down, wearing a Gregg Norman straw golf hat, you know who you are.

More to thank

In our recent Letter to the Editor, to thank those who supported our efforts to clean up around Sunset Lake, we inadvertently omitted Tony's Market.

A real blessing

A few weeks ago, I made my very first visit to Martha's Vineyard and was hosted by lovely friends on Lake Tashmoo.

Imagine turbines in the wake of a hurricane

Let's picture the commercial wind turbines and hurricane Carol, August 30, 1954.

Valora “” a rich but too brief life

Last Monday, my schooner Valora was lost after she broke from her mooring outside Vineyard Haven and went up on the breakwater.