If you sail in Vineyard waters in September, the light is warm and alive, bringing a special vibrancy to everything it touches, especially as the sun sets.

Before you become a parent you have no idea this first day of school scene exists, most likely all over the world.

The New England Dressage Association’s Fall Festival took place Sept. 17 to Sept. 21 in Saugerties, N.Y., where several Vineyard riders competed.

I woke up before my alarm clock on the morning I was supposed to photograph the President.

There are certainly times where removing a dam is biologically sound and the right thing to do, but it’s totally irrelevant at the Mill Pond site. We need that beautiful pond as it is.

We own a home at the end of Duende Lane that abuts both the proposed affordable housing land and the farmland owned by Mr. Daniels that is being leased to Donaroma’s Landscaping company.

Yes, it was a record summer for the VTA. The article in the Gazette did not tell of the very courteous and patient drivers all summer!

I would like to thank West Tisbury resident Alan Reeke for his letter, published in the Sept. 12 Gazette. It states that the Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association has strayed from its Protestant roots.

Organizers would like to thank the four teams that competed in this year’s annual over-50s ice hockey tournament. After a grueling weekend of games the Mc Sticks beat out the Miracle Autobody team in a hair-raising shoot-out.

Our president said we would put no boots (armed soldiers) on the ground, but a week later Gen. Martin Dempsey, who leads the U.S.A. military, said if American lives are in danger he would want to send soldiers to rescue them.