My last letter to the Gazette was sent many years ago in opposition to the effort to rename the town of Oak Bluffs. However, a recent article has spurred me to write again, primarily to support our democratic process.

My last letter to the Gazette was sent many years ago in opposition to the effort to rename the town of Oak Bluffs. However, a recent article has spurred me to write again, primarily to support our democratic process.

Bundle up. That was the watchword this week when temperatures plunged into the single digits at night and never climbed out of the teens during the day. Wind chill factor? Don’t want to go there. Heavy wool sweaters, long johns and ski jackets were pulled from the depths of drawers and closets as the need for warmth trumped fashion. Was that the sound of the furnace running all night as cold air seeped in through every crack in the house?

The mercury shot up this week on the thermometer that radio station WMVY has posted to measure its fundraising progress. At press time yesterday the station was just twenty thousand dollars shy of its six hundred thousand-dollar pledge goal, with seven days left in the campaign to save the local radio station. After two months of uncertainty, things were looking possible and indeed probable for the popular station to stay alive by continuing as an online venture.

Members of the Oak Bluffs zoning board of appeals made the right decision in upholding their town building inspector’s order that a series of illegal additions on the East Chop summer home owned by Dr. Leslie Hayling must come down.

On behalf of Adult and Community Education of Martha’s Vineyard (ACE MV), we want to express our deep gratitude to the Martha’s Vineyard Family Center of Community Services for all they do for our community. In particular, many thanks to Debbie Milne, director of Early Childhood Programs, Marney Toole, Family Services coordinator, and Cherish Harris, coordinator of the family center.