In response to the Gazette editorial regarding the proposal to remove trees, I suggest that the removal of a small number of Norway maples will not dramatically affect the sylvan feel of the West Tisbury town center.

Don Ogden is correct in response to my letter when he wrote that conservation would “go much toward reducing CO2 emissions.”

The Martha’s Vineyard Yoga Festival would like to extend deep thanks to the many hands, hearts and heads who made this year’s Labor Day festival possible.

Last week, the Vineyard Nursing Association reached an historical and major milestone. After almost 30 years of providing home health care on Martha’s Vineyard from various offices around the Island, we moved into our new permanent home on 29 Breakdown Lane in Vineyard Haven.

It is now safe to speak openly about beach plums. Here on the Vineyard they are almost all gone, picked by the fanatics or eaten by the birds. Yet on a recent Sunday morning I managed to cadge a perfect six cups worth in a heretofore-unknown-to-me location. They have been cooked down and are currently dripping through the jelly bag (to ensure clear jelly I must not squeeze the bag).

It’s been five and a half years since a ferocious northeaster tore open the barrier beach that formerly connected Chappaquiddick to Edgartown at the Katama end.