Martha’s Vineyard has lost a dear and remarkable friend and one of our most generous and visionary philanthropists, Jeremy Biggs.

I want to express my personal admiration for Ed Brooke. Ed hired me as one of his assistant attorneys general soon out of law school.

It is time that I take time to give thanks to the wonderful people who make up our Vineyard world. You have all kept us afloat with your generous gifts of love, visits, food, letters, cards, hugs, calls and more.

As I pulled into a parking space on Circuit avenue in Oak Bluffs a few weeks ago, I heard loud music emanating from the large, shiny, black SUV next to me.

The recent wave of farm stand thefts is a real tragedy to our intimate Island community.

The holiday season has come and gone and I hope everyone was able to enjoy family time and the festivities. However, it seems as though the Edgartown water department had one last problem to contend with as we closed out the year.