From Vineyard Gazette September editions:

ON GREAT SALT POND

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

As members of the Great Pond Foundation board of directors and riparian owners, we’d like to thank Edmund Stevens for his letter of Sept. 2 making some cogent observations regarding the health of Edgartown Great Pond. We’d also like to address his concerns in print, since I assume there are others who share them.

Primary Colors

Hurricane Readiness

September Plunge

Keep a swimsuit in the bag at all times these days. The glistening water that seemed to wink at you as you drove by, flirting with you as you cursed the traffic and the work that kept you away so many days this summer, is still warm and waiting for you. Be ready to shed the dry clothes when the mood strikes you, even if it has to be a quickie. If you’ve played on the beach with the kids all summer, try going solo after school drop-off. Then surprise them with after-school snacks on the sand in their special spot again.

AUTHOR’S CORRECTION

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

In a piece I wrote that appeared in the Sept. 5 Gazette I said that Sarah Palin when a mayor in Alaska attempted to get the local librarian to ban certain books. That statement is fact. That the librarian refused is also fact. I erred, however, when I stated that Ms. Palin then had the reluctant librarian fired; she only tried to accomplish that dubious deed. She failed, thus casting some shadow on her vaunted ability to get things done.

Allan Manings

Edgartown