WORTH A LIFETIME

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

Better late than never.

This is just a thank you letter to all of the people who sent me well wishes, cards, flowers, and notes when I lost my sister, Eloise Downing-Allen, five years ago. I think of her every single day and still miss her dearly. Few people can appreciate what it is like to lose a sister who is also your best friend and advisor for over 70 years. Her passing devastated me, so I keep her picture by my side to this day.

ROOM FOR ALL

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

WORTH FIGHTING FOR

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

I’m writing in response to your Nov. 21 editorial titled Educating Children Early.

TAXING QUESTIONS

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

For years I have wondered how the town of Tisbury can discount residential property taxes (to which I confine what I write here) to year-round residents, requiring seasonal residents to pay more on the same assessed valuation. Your article of Nov. 21 demystifies the basis for this practice, but that does not make it seem any less questionable, though, for now, it is “legal.”

VNA RESPONDS

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

I write to address the Vineyard Nursing Association’s efforts to accommodate an increased demand for physical therapy services here on the Island, a demand which has been made keener by our absorption of the entire case-load of the Visiting Nurse Service unit of the Martha’s Vineyard Community Services (which closed its doors last June) and by the loss of our full-time physical therapist over two years ago.

NOT QUITE

Editors, Vineyard Gazette: