This is not about the corporate world, this is about mindless redevelopment. Stop & Shop’s owner Ahold, a large corporation on par with Walmart, is using a cookie cutter plan to maximize profits.

I have viewed with interest the SSA’s plans for the Woods Hole terminal renovations.The initial proposals were all predicated on three full-sized slips and the removal of the present terminal building and earth fill dock.

There is exciting news which makes saving the ponds and estuaries of the Cape and Islands possible and affordable.

I want to express our sincere appreciation to the Vineyard community for coming out and helping with this year’s Earth Day beach cleanup.

I have passed the Point Way Inn, home of Noepe Center for Literary Arts and Martha’s Vineyard Writers Residency, hundreds of times. My family vacationed on the Island for 30-plus years, and now my daughter lives here, a full-time resident on the cusp of marrying a Vineyarder.

In order for a democracy to remain viable, participation by voters is essential. Many brave souls have fought to live in a free country and to defend its principles.

The suggestion that Stop & Shop is doubling the size of its store is a stretch beyond belief.

Can’t Chili the ram have a second chance with his family now that he’s been castrated?

A sparse turnout of Chilmark voters at the annual town election Wednesday overwhelmingly approved two override questions to help pay for education costs. Warren Doty was elected to a sixth term as selectman

On Saturday morning, starting at 10 a.m., Circuit avenue in Oak Bluffs will be closed to traffic, but that doesn’t mean the street won’t be packed. In fact, it will be bursting with color, as all the kids from the Martha’s Vineyard Little League celebrate in uniform the opening day parade, beginning at the Oak Bluffs police station, running down Circuit avenue and finishing at Veira Park.