As a long time subscriber, I was surprised and disappointed that you did not see fit to cover the recent second annual Jewish Culture Festival, attended by more than 800 people, especially when I contrast your treatment of the Brazilian Festival and the African American Festival and reports on other Island events half this size.

Listening to the hoopla about the broken blade on the turbine off South Beach I cannot imagine what people thought would happen when something like these giant turbines are built in the ocean.

We learned recently that any new reservation system for the Steamship Authority is unlikely until after 2026, with no end date in sight.

On July 18, 19 and 20 the Library Friends of Oak Bluffs welcomed our neighbors of all ages to the library and town hall for our annual summer book sale.

Your short piece on new access at the James Pond Preserve caught my attention.

I am disheartened by recent articles indicating that The Trustees of Reservations, in giving up management of Norton Point Beach, also suggest that grant-funded projects in process be suspended.