At some point pharmacies will be universally banned from selling tobacco products as they already are in some parts of the country. But as health professionals we shouldn’t wait until we’re forced to do the right thing, the thing we’re sworn to do.

It has come to my attention that you will be discussing Monday a bill (S1626), to reduce abuse and torture to elephants in our great state. I urge you to support this bill.

I hosted a free concert on Feb. 1 at the Katharine Cornell Theatre for my 40th birthday. The concert was a huge success and was my gift to the community that supports me and my family.

Great is the fame of Martha’s Vineyard as the breeding place of geese, but an entirely new chapter has been added to the already long history of Vineyard goose breeding by Leo Volgmuth of Chilmark, who has trained a tall and dignified gander to accompany his master much like a pet dog.

Congregants of the First Congregational Church of West Tisbury are enjoying the brightness of the barn space in the Agricultural Hall but look forward to seeing their newly renovated church.

Scientists from Brown University and the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole found that pictures of forests do not directly correspond to peak levels of chlorophyll in leaves.

Voters will be asked in April to pay for a small cost overrun of $40,000. The new $6 million town library is set to open in March.

Well, last weekend was seasonable and it felt that spring was around the corner. However, snow on Monday bought us quickly back to reality. We have passed National Pancake Day. It is mighty quiet around town and a lot of people are leaving for a winter vacation. Don’t you think that finding a deer asleep in your neighbor’s backyard is something a bit unusual?

Greetings from the most western tip of the Vineyard. Snowbound once again. Last winter the storms occurred for about three weekends in a row. This winter they arrive usually on Wednesdays, although we had about five inches of snow on Sunday through Monday. Freezing temperatures, now rain, sleet, and slush. Where is that little groundhog?

While you are snowbound, the Best of the Vineyard voting has started, go to bestofthevineyard.secondstreetapp.com/Best-of-the-Vineyard-2014. Your votes count!

Vineyard Scots celebrated their heritage and raised scholarship money at the annual Robert Burns supper Friday night. The Martha's Vineyard Scottish Society has sponsored the event for 27 years.