Four and a half years ago, I took to task the Martha’s Vineyard NAACP over a matter that goes to the heart of the organization’s work.

A million kudos and thanks to the Tisbury fire department and police for saving us from kitchen fire.

To Trader Fred

Editors, Vineyard Gazette;

Trader Fred was not only the kindest and most generous man, but he was also the greatest storyteller ever. To have a cocktail and cigar with him and hear him spin his embracingly entertaining tales was to relish life itself.

Just last month he told me and a few friends of story that had our heads spinning with delight and amusement. Freddy was truly one of a kind and we are all grateful for knowing him. Not just that, but probably half of us are wearing his clothes right now.

Trader Fred was not only the kindest and most generous man, but he was also the greatest storyteller ever.

Gov. Maura Healey last week announced a new effort to procure up to 3,600 megawatts of offshore wind power – the largest call out to developers in the state’s history.

Schools have opened; and their opening recalls the almost-forgotten times of other Island schools that shaped the growing minds of a generation.

On Sunday at 12:01 a.m., anglers will head to moonlit beaches and offshore Island waters — as they have every September since 1946 — when the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby gets underway.

Premiering at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center on Sept. 16, Martha’s Vineyard vs. DeSantis covers the two migrant flights that arrived on the Island last September and the ensuing legal battles against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration’s migrant relocation program.

Jenna Victoria Walsh will exchange vows with Luke Hart Liquori on Saturday, Sept. 9.

The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) is holding its annual powwow on Sept. 9 and 10 at the Aquinnah Circle.