It is a great blessing to live and work in a community where the various religious groups so willingly step up to help each other when it is needed, for which I along with the people of Grace Church am greatly thankful.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Cleaveland House Poets, it seems an opportune time to thank William Waterway publicly for his role in bringing the poetry group back to life.

Praise and thanks to two women administering CPR and telephoning for help when I fell unconscious on a walk near Ripley’s Field in Tisbury.

Because of the extreme danger posed to the Cape and Islands should an accident occur at the aging, failing Pilgrim power plant, concerned people are working to place a full page ad in the Sunday Cape Cod Times asking to close Pilgrim now.

Today as we drive by the Mill Pond, a prominent gateway to our town, we can see growth edging out into the pond — little formations of grassy islands. Some of it dies off and falls to the bottom, adding to the pond’s shallowness.

After weeks of attending public hearings, writing carefully considered letters and making personal pleas to the MV Commission, our family did not r