It took my daughter, studying environmental sciences at Elon University, in a report she just submitted, to rekindle my interest concerning the dangers of Cape Wind.

It is a wonderful feeling to see your house spotlighted in the local newspaper. I experienced surprise and pleasure to see my house featured in a column by Mary Jane Carpenter this past week prior to a Martha’s Vineyard Museum-sponsored house tour at West Chop.

I have always tried to end each summer on an Island, and their names tend to end in the letter “a.” Kea, Ponza, Kreta. This year, almost, Elba. And, of course, the eternal Island of Martha’s Vineyard.

One season ends, another begins.

Sailors of the Holmes Hole Sailing Association bid adieu to the summer series of races two weeks ago.Three days later, they turned their tillers for Vineyard Sound in the 37th Moffett Race.

Is it ever right to bid game or slam in NoTrump when you might have a 4-4 fit in a major suit?

A poetry reading that is as much a celebration of the poet as of the poems is not very common. Yet that was what took place Tuesday afternoon in Chilmark, as Nancy Aronie hosted more than 25 people for a reading of poetry by Peggy Freydberg. Mrs. Freydberg, who is 106, was the guest of honor.

The Blue Barque, the beautiful old homestead that has been an adornment of the South Road in Chilmark for generations is to be purchased by Victor Leventritt of New York.

The Mill Brook watershed management planning committee will hold the first of several public forums on Monday, Sept. 29, at 5:30 p.m. at the West Tisbury library.

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $126,600.48 for the business week ending on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014.

The Dukes County Commission voted to appoint Beth Toomey of West Tisbury to the seven-member airport commission. The county commission chose from an unusually large group of applicants, with eight people applying for the single spot.