‘Frugal to a fault’
To the Editor:
I spent the last week of October in Chicago, and came home with COVID-19. Doc said it was a mild case, but I could have some Paxlovid in case it worsened. This...
Concern over public comment at SSA
To the Editor:
A most deeply concerning new rule regarding public comment was presented at the recent Steamship Authority board meeting on Oct. 23. Jim Malkin, Steamship Authority board chair, announced that questions from the...
Out of character with Oak Bluffs
Editor’s note: The following was written to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission.
Dear Members of the Commission,
I am writing as a proud resident of Oak Bluffs — and as someone who believes we have an absolute...
MV for Palestine supports equal rights for everyone
To the Editor:
I thank The MV Times for its Oct. 30 article “100 weeks of protest, two years of grief,” acknowledging that MV for Palestine has gathered in Vineyard Haven every Sunday for 100...
Enough is enough: A sarcastic take
To the Editor:
Everybody knows that certain groups of people in the United States are responsible for sucking the lifeblood out of this great country, and they know who they are, and we know who...
A thank-you to healthcare coordinator
To the Editor:
A huge thank-you to Sarah Kuh, who came out of retirement to return to the Vineyard Health Care Access office. She returned to help our Island navigate all the changes and challenges...
Steamship Authority appreciation and gratitude
To the Editor:
My family and I have been passengers on the Woods Hole to Martha’s Vineyard ferry route for more than 50 years. We would like to thank the men and women of the...
Preserve Oak Bluffs’ character
To the Editor:
I strongly oppose the proposed boutique hotel, Ocean View Rebuild (DRI 750), in our residential Oak Bluffs neighborhood. My family has owned nearby property since 1944, and we’ve always valued the town’s...
60th reunion of the MVRH class of 1965
To the Editor:
Twenty-nine members of the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School class of 1965 attended their 60th reunion the weekend of Saturday, Oct. 18, and Sunday, the 19th. The reunion was held in the...
State should provide environmental report on forest project
To the Editor:
An op-ed published in The MV Times recently, “Conduct environmental impact report on the State Forest” (Oct. 23), drew attention to an important circumstance in the history of the project to clear-cut...
Revulsed by ICE detention of Islander
To the Editor:
I’m a retired Island schoolteacher who worked many summers alongside Newton Waite driving taxis on the Island. Years later, as his children grew, I got to know them a bit, too, when...
Hold Lagoon Ridge to commitments
The following letter was sent on October 23rd.:
Dear members of the Oak Bluffs planning board:
It has come to my attention that the developer of the Lagoon Ridge project is requesting yet another alteration of...
It can be stopped
To the Editor:
I bet most of you reading this know what I'm talking about already — the overdevelopment/touristation of Martha's Vineyard. It's the elephant in the room nobody (with authority) is willing to stop....
Thank you, SSA
To the Editor:
A huge thank-you to all at the Steamship Authority.
I can appreciate that many concerned citizens are attempting to put the SSA on a better path, but today I need to take a...
Steamship clarifies record on hiring process
To the Editor:
Two recent letters recently published here have misstated facts and injected supposition to support a false narrative. Let me provide accurate information and clarification for the many points addressed in the letters...
Alarm over general manager search process
To the Editor:
To have the end result of a nine-month general manager search, conducted by an internationally respected transportation search firm, advance only one external candidate out of 131 applicants contacted is nothing short...
Don’t blame the public on Steamship manager search
To the Editor:
Isn’t it convenient to blame the people you serve, as you are about to announce what most would call a failed search? I am, of course, referring to comments from a few...
Let town meeting decide school vote
To the Editor:
At its Nov. 3 meeting, the school committee will consider a major change to how the $300 million–plus high school renovation and addition project will be approved. Instead of requiring each town’s...
Do not circumvent town meeting on school vote
To the Editor:
Reports that the nine-person school committee plans to vote on Nov. 3 whether to circumvent spring 2026 town meetings in favor of an Island-wide simple majority vote to gain final approval of...
Painful to think of pine removal
To the Editor:
Professor Suzanne Simard, a member of the faculty of forestry at the University of British
Columbia, makes very good points regarding the complexity and connectedness of the below-ground community of organisms in a...