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Wampanoag tribal elections on Sunday
On Sunday, the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) will hold elections for a new tribal chairman. The winner will replace Tobias Vanderhoop, who was elected in November 2013 and is not seeking...
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Slideshow: Hundreds of Vineyarders stand together in Oak Bluffs
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View ArticleCoast Guard rescues six scallopers from sinking ship in Buzzards Bay
Updated Monday, 12:25 p.m. Coast Guard crews from Station Menemsha and Air Station Cape Cod worked in tandem on Sunday morning to save six North Carolina fishermen from their sinking 72 foot scallop...
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Turkey Tennis Open celebrates 20 years for the Tennis Center
The 20th annual Turkey Tennis Open was played at Airport Fitness and Tennis (which also celebrated its 20th anniversary) on Saturday and Sunday. The competition drew 24 players from around the Island...
View ArticleMartha’s Vineyard gears up for 38th Island Cup
The 38th annual Island Cup football game between Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) and Nantucket High School (NHS) will kick off on Saturday, Nov. 26, at 1 pm at Dan McCarthy Field in Oak...
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It’s a sweet scallop season
Debbie Manley Smith and her husband John wake up long before sunrise most weekdays during scallop season. They gather their orange foul-weather gear and head to Edgartown Harbor to board their 22-foot...
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Thanksgiving lunch at Tisbury School keeps it local
Last Thursday was the day to get hot lunch at the Tisbury School. With the help of local farmers, school staff, and Island Grown Schools (IGS), students were able to celebrate Thanksgiving with the...
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Car-deer collisions up sharply on Martha’s Vineyard
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View ArticlePucker up — it’s time to pay our respects to the cranberry
Cranberries deserve their due. After all, what would a Thanksgiving feast be without cranberry sauce? It also happens that this year is the 200th anniversary of commercial cranberry growing in...
View ArticleWest Tisbury selectmen hear update on highway barn
On Tuesday, Nov. 16, West Tisbury selectmen heard from highway superintendent Richard Olsen and West Tisbury Police Chief Dan Rossi regarding the construction schedule for the new highway barn, which...
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Offshore wind progress report: Politics and science
Every chair was full on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at the Vineyard Haven Council on Aging as eight speakers — five government officials and three offshore wind company representatives — presented progress...
View ArticleChilmark selectmen approve warrant for special town meeting
Chilmark selectmen finalized eight warrant articles on Tuesday, Nov. 15. With costs totaling $150,622, they will be voted on at a special town meeting on Dec. 5 at 7:30 pm. Several articles focus on...
View ArticleIsland moms organize weekly meeting in West Tisbury in response to election
It started with a couple of mothers talking after school on the playground at the Chilmark School. They were upset about the outcome of the national election and wanted to do something constructive in...
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Felix Neck Fall Festival delights in its 36th year
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Black Saturday: The Vineyarders’ Island cup streak is over
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Jellybone Rivers gets wiggles and giggles from Island children
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Warrior women
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Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group director steps down
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Every picture tells a story
What happens after the last school bell rings at 2:05? Between classes? Behind the teacher’s back? The MV Times challenged Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School’s (MVRHS) Photo I class to document...
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Social media, a powerful tool for Martha’s Vineyard police departments
In the recent years in the U.S., the relationship between police departments and the people in their communities has been marred on both sides by mistrust and violence. But on the local level, police...
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