The beauty about Sunday softball at Chilmark’s Flanders Field is that everyone has fun. It’s a place where year-round Islanders and summer visitors can play ball and get to know each other.

As always we had a wonderful time on Martha’s Vineyard from August 16 to 23, a time we choose because of the Agricultural Fair.

The lack of any substantive local zoning in Tisbury’s commercial district made dealing with a proposal like Stop & Shop’s expansion and remodeling difficult at best for the town.

The recent decision by the Massachusetts Court of Appeals acknowledging the rights of the town of Edgartown and the Martha’s Vineyard Commission to

I urge the selectmen to consider Dr. Adibi's suggestion that part-time residents be given the opportunity to participate in town decision-making as is done in Eastham on the Cape now.

It was with some shock that I saw numerous Chappy residents had taken out a half-page ad in the August 15 Gazette entreating Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and President Obama to bring high-speed internet to their island.