BUY LOCAL

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

I thank you for printing the interview with Cronig’s owner Steve Bernier. He, like Paul Revere, is sounding an important wakeup call.

One solution to the food problem, similar to that which we’re trying to apply to the energy problem, is to localize production.

WHAT’S NEXT?

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

At last the garage monstrosity will come down, but what will rise in its place? My off-Island neighborhood has been plagued with gigantic homes that are built right up to the property lines, crowding the smaller original houses.

Over the last five years, Mr. Moujabber has been granted the opportunity to wring out every last ounce of his rights — I hope the next round of deliberations will focus more on the rights of his neighbors.

Chip Coblyn

CLOCK REPAIR

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

In light of the devastating fire on Main street Vineyard Haven, I think it would be a great civic gesture if NStar would find a live circuit that could be used for a temporary feed to the Bunch of Grapes clock. This would provide an instant symbol of renewal, both for the town and for the owners that have lost so much.

Robert D. Woerpel

Vineyard Haven

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WORK YET TO DO

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

HEART RENDING

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

ROOTING FOR HILLARY

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

I’ve scoured my e-mail list and shamelessly scavenged from all of my friend’s e-mail recipient lists, believing that the power of people and the Internet will work its magic to help my friend and fellow Vineyarder Hillary Landers, who suffered a spinal cord injury in the fall of 2006.

THANK YOU, COMMUNITY

Editors, Vineyard Gazette: