I would like to take a moment to thank you for providing the forum in which we, as a community, have the opportunity to openly express ourselves when we truly believe that expression can make a difference.

I want to thank the Gazette for showcasing Eric Adam’s journey from awareness to action on the issues of systemic racism in our country and more specifically on our Island.

Something is wrong with this picture represented in the July 15 Gazette article on why Alley’s Store is closed for the summer.

On behalf of the MV Peace Council and of MV Friends Meeting (Quakers) I thank Jeff Scheuer for his perceptive observations in last week’s Gazette.

My wife and I have been coming to the Vineyard in the summer for 40 years, and we have owned a summer home on the Island since 1985.

On July 16, the anniversary of our dad’s birthday, our family celebrated a closing with the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank to purchase our family home on 18 Tiasquam Road.