Following the well-attended select board meeting on Wednesday, June 30, I have learned several things.

The mission of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission is twofold:

Yesterday my two-year-old old son, Harper, lost his favorite stuffed animal dog that we call Teddy in downtown Edgartown.

On June 18, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cape Cod and the Islands held our ninth annual Blooming Bids for Kids garden party at the Field Gallery in West Tisbury.

As if the last iteration of the takeover of our beloved general store weren’t bad enough, we now have the closest thing to an Island franchise at the helm of the oldest retail business on the Vineyard.

This community can agree on one thing: that the future will bring challenges. Success in facing those challenges will require an acknowledgment that we are, in fact, one Island.