Many thanks go out to Sarah Kuh and the Martha’s Vineyard Health Care Access program for being such sound and steady support in our Island community. Your 18 or so years of service to the residents of Martha’s Vineyard becomes more valuable to us all each year, and it is good to see your leadership in health care recognized.

Thank you, Remy Tumin, CK Wolfson, Chris Scott and the Vineyard Gazette for your much-deserved tributes to our esteemed friend, Ray Ellis.

The following letter was sent to John Checklick, president of the Cape and Vineyard Electrical Cooperative (CVEC).

As restaurant owners, operators and food professionals, our number one concern is always the safety of our guests. A key component is safe drinking water and we have our water tested regularly in accordance with local, county and state regulations.

I am currently carrying out research for a biography of the Scottish-American poet and writer Ruthven Todd who lived on Martha’s Vineyard during the second half of the 1950s.

We, the yoga community, suffered a loss last week when MJ Bindu Delekta left her body.