The scene is surreal. There’s the dark silhouette of the fish against the teal-colored glowing light of the water around the weigh station floating dock. The light doesn’t illuminate much of the water beyond the dock, which makes the glow seem like a protected space, safe from whatever the darker harbor waters hold.

Last year, I threw down your hat
with its scarlet B, red as an apple.
Trampled it with boots I wore
to rake dead leaves. Declared
your brand unfit for my forehead.
Hung it where I couldn’t reach.

From the Vineyard Gazette edition of Oct. 23, 1942:

The launching of government war craft has taken place along Island shores. The effort is small as compared with those of other places, but bulks with importance in the Island scheme of things, besides having attracted the attention of officials in the nation’s government.

On Oct. 3, against the recommendations of the selectmen, town administrator, police department and local residents, the Oak Bluffs planning board decided to include all of Dukes County avenue in the proposed medical marijuana overlay district. This decision does not follow the commonwealth’s recommendations or, in fact, the bylaw the planning board itself has created which clearly states that no “RMD shall be located within 500 feet of any playground, public park, public athletic or similar recreational facility.”

Recently the Oak Bluffs planning board voted to create an overlay zoning district for registered marijuana dispensaries (RMD) which includes the complete length of Dukes County avenue and they did this against the specific requests of the police department and the selectmen and in sharp contrast to the 500-foot buffer to parks and recreational facilities as found in their own bylaws.

As a lifelong Minnesotan of 70-plus years I was appalled to read Arnie Reisman’s article (Soothing Shrug of the Shoulder Season, Sept. 13) making reference to Minnesota GOP Representative Michele Bachmann (soon to retire, thank goodness) and her stupid recent behavior and comments.

To my relatives and friends, please accept my wholehearted gratitude for the cards, attendance, flowers, food and respect shown to my son Ricky from the Baptist Church Service to the last ride around Gay Head with all his favorite Hot Rodders.

The fall youth hockey season reached its midpoint earlier this month.
Last weekend, the Travel Mites took on Dennis-Yarmouth in what head coach James McKeon described as a total team effort of unselfish hockey. Led by Nick BenDavid, Parker Blake, Maks Pacheco and Micah Simmons, the Mites scored 21 goals to Falmouth’s four. Paige Anderson, Chase Grant, Ingrid Gundersen and Vinnie Paciello all scored as well

The Squirts 2 team fell 2-1 on Saturday to a tough Attleborough North Devils team, with Riley Sylvia holding down the fort in net.

The Vineyard varsity boys’ soccer team closed out the regular season in similar fashion to the way they started it — by shutting out a challenging opponent.