Regarding Stop and Shop’s proposal for an expanded supermarket and parking garage on Water street in Vineyard Haven, Martha’s Vineyard Commission executive director Mark London has put together a list of 27 questions that Stop and Shop needs to respond to. These questions relate to some very basic issues that surround this project, such as flood plain issues.

At what point in our history must a grocery store become so large? The Tisbury Stop & Shop debate seems to be settling on two positions, one of which I believe is misconstrued and unfortunately working to benefit this misguided plan.

My wife and I and many others were at the 4 p.m. showing of The Butler at the Capawock in Vineyard Haven. A few minutes into the opening of the film, the projector crashed to the floor. Yelps ran through the audience.

As residents of Chilmark, we were inconvenienced by the closure of South Road last week during President Obama’s vacation. I would be very interested to see an article appear in the Gazette about the actual economic impact on the up-Island businesses due to the road closure. This is important information that should be gathered, interpreted and published for everyone to see. I suspect the President’s visit this year severely affected some of our local businesses.

You hit a home run with the special report on coastal erosion. The articles were informative, timely, and right on target. Congratulations.

As a long-term south main street resident (20 years) I have watched the traffic in this two-block radius grow to absolutely insane unhealthy proportions. Watching this the other day, a very good solution came to mind. In fact it’s already pretty much in place.