Focus on a new high school, not the turf field
To the Editor:
I am an elected member of the Chilmark finance advisory committee. Massachusetts finance committees are required by law to be the watchdogs on all town financial matters — to be the “eyes...
Condemn Tennessee Republican legislators
To the Editor:
On March 30, following the March 27 shooting at the Covenant School that left three children and three staff members dead, students and parents came to the Tennessee statehouse to demand stiffer...
Be cautious with our other summer visitors
To the Editor:
I'm perplexed. You’ve had several stories on coyotes recently. I love them, they certainly need someone doing some sort of tracking, great. Excellent. However, it is mid-April, and the craziness is headed...
Consider wearing a mask while mowing
To the Editor:
My partner awoke at 4 AM on a mid-August day with a massive headache. He dragged himself out of bed, and went down to Squid Row for his usual 6 am cup...
Condemn Tennessee Republican legislators
To the Editor:
On March 30, following the March 27 shooting at the Covenant School that left three children and three staff members dead, students and parents came to the Tennessee statehouse to demand stiffer...
Let voters decide turf question
To the Editor:
The artificial turf/natural grass court battle between the Oak Bluffs Planning Board and the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School Committee is a waste of taxpayer monies. Even though the high school committee...
The dune at Lambert’s Cove
To the Editor:
I am writing this on Monday April 10th. Tomorrow night is the W.T town meeting. Warrant article #25 asks the town to approve $30,000 to "manually" lower the dune to provide easier...
What’s next for Tashmoo: A gate?
To the Editor:
So the day has come when boaters can no longer enjoy a day anchored in Lake Tashmoo. How awful it must be to see people having fun with family, friends, kids, and...
Environmentally responsible development
To the Editor:
With elections and town meetings fast approaching, I’m writing to ask that voters hold environmental stewardship top of mind when deciding how to vote. Our Island has grown quickly; development is happening...
Ban will reduce nip litter
To the Editor:
We support the ban on nip bottle sales. We represent a volunteer group called MV Litter Free. In August 2022, through the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, we officially adopted the bike path...
Commission needs consistency
To the Editor:
Thomas Bena’s Stillpoint project has been on my mind a lot. Thomas is a friend of mine; what happens to him is important to me. Several years ago he came to me...
Giving thanks to lifesavers
To the Editor:
I would like to give thanks to the people who saved my life.
First, my mom, who found me unresponsive in my apartment, and Jessica Oliver, who called 911 for my mom, Millie...
Support moratorium on Tashmoo Lake
To the Editor:
We write to publicly acknowledge the difficult choice to impose a moratorium on anchoring in Lake Tashmoo recently voted by the Tisbury Select Board, and to thank them for doing so.
It is...
Lyme vaccine trials fail Martha’s Vineyard
To the Editor:
Lyme has been devastating here on Martha's Vineyard, as it has been throughout New England. That was the reason I volunteered for this, my first clinical trial, in spite of vax fatigue...
The shunning of Martha Vineyard’s most infamous lawyer
To the Editor:
As the weather gets warmer and folks who vacation on the Vineyard think ahead to get-togethers and whom to invite to parties, I am reminded of all the stories from 2018 and...
Getting back to our libraries
To the Editor:
I have been back to my home library, in Edgartown, for some time, and it's wonderful to see familiar faces of the staff (and lots of new ones, too), and explore the...
Tashmoo is a management problem
To the Editor:
Alley's, OSV permits, a Tashmoo anchoring moratorium, housing crisis; it's all the same feeling. We're rapidly losing the culture which helped attract the near doubling of Martha’s Vineyard’s population in the past...
So many thanks!
To the Editor:
On March 14, Act Two Second Hand Store will have been open for one year. We raise funds through sales of donated goods from our generous and thoughtful community. We have already...
Support Oak Bluffs planners: Say not to turf
To the Editor:
In April 2019, I was fortunate to attend Yoga Reaches Out, a fundraiser for Boston Children’s Hospital. It was a breathtakingly beautiful day of yoga at the Gillette Stadium Field House. I...
Encourage wind energy
The pollution, the actions, and the inactions of the human race are killing this planet. Not only are they killing the marine life, they are killing everything, including us. At this rate the death...