Grow (Don't Mow) Milkweed

Every summer without fail, milkweed plants sprout from the sand and soil, buttressed against ocean winds by a white retaining wall at the corner of Sea View Avenue and Nantucket Avenue on Waban/Alley Park in Oak Bluffs.

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Rescuing Lake Tashmoo

The following letter was sent to Tisbury town officials.

As landowners and residents on the west side of Lake Tashmoo we have become increasingly alarmed by the degradation of the health of the lake. Although the town has insisted over the years that visiting boaters are not the cause of this degradation, we have observed otherwise and have continually raised our concerns at town meetings over the years.

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Deepest Gratitude

I wanted to thank everyone in the Fluke for Luke family for such a great weekend.

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Saving Crystal Lake

As a summer resident on Martha’s Vineyard for over 60 years and a property owner on East Chop since 1972

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Disastrous Ruling

The decision by the Olympics to ban Sha’Carri Richardson for a positive test for marijuana is a shameless injustice to a talented runner.

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An Apology

I owe an apology to Jane Chittick, for what I said in a Vineyard Gazette online comment a few weeks ago.

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Confusing Votes

Following the well-attended select board meeting on Wednesday, June 30, I have learned several things.

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Mission Abdication

The mission of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission is twofold:

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Teddy Lost, Then Found

Yesterday my two-year-old old son, Harper, lost his favorite stuffed animal dog that we call Teddy in downtown Edgartown.

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Keep Alley's Real

As if the last iteration of the takeover of our beloved general store weren’t bad enough, we now have the closest thing to an Island franchise at the helm of the oldest retail business on the Vineyard.

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