Thanks Edgartown selectmen for responding quickly when it was brought to their attention that Edgartown residents pay $25 for a yard sale permit.

The following was sent to state Senate president Stanley Rosenberg and state senators.

I enjoyed the recent opinion piece, “Feeling Mugged Not Hugged by Social Media” by Edward Hoagland.

Regarding the story in the Gazette last week about the bill to overhaul the public records law: We used to be a nation of laws but are not anymore.

I managed to take a therapeutic dip in the sea recently just to hold my record. Kind of a spur-of-the-moment thing.

The obituary of Danny Kaeka noted that he had played fast pitch softball, and Islanders who remember his pitching stated that “no one could hit off him.”