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The whole man behind WoodenBoat Magazine
In a coastal community about evenly divided between fishermen and sailors, the latter stuffed themselves at a visual feast at the Film Center on Wednesday evening, May 3. On the menu were two short...
View ArticleThe river’s story
The river flowed through her life from the beginning, providing the chilly baptism of a child born too early. It was the place where vats were filled with water to be used to pound the bedding...
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Changing elected positions to appointed will have to wait
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View ArticleTown meeting isn’t the end of battle over Squibnocket structure
Doug Liman walks up to his neighbor’s ocean-view cottage and is greeted with a hearty handshake by Richard Regen. Mr. Regen’s family has owned the Chilmark house overlooking Squibnocket Pond and the...
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Patron finds $1,000 in book about Lyme disease
This is a tale you might find, well, in a book. On Wednesday, May 3, library assistant Caroline Drogin was working at the West Tisbury library circulation desk when she saw a patron approaching with...
View ArticleAnother win for tribe in battle for Aquinnah bingo hall
A federal appeals court has said it won’t rehear a case involving the federal Indian gambling rights of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah). In a ruling issued late Wednesday, the First Circuit...
View ArticleWilson wins assessor’s seat in Aquinnah
Adam Wilson may be leaving as town administrator, but he’ll still have ties to the town. By a vote of 75-57, Mr. Wilson was elected Wednesday to the board of assessors, replacing long-time assessor...
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Vineyarders top Bishop Feehan in girls tennis
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View ArticleMeet Your Merchant: Island Music
Island Music on Main Street, Vineyard Haven, is a true labor of love for owner Ed Griggs. A longtime musician and music lover, Mr. Griggs makes his living through his construction businesses — Ed...
View ArticleOfficer Santon faces possible discipline after woman prisoner found unresponsive
A 25-year member of the Tisbury Police Department is on paid administrative leave and facing a disciplinary hearing in an incident that involved a female prisoner nearly choking herself to death,...
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Say cheese for Mother’s Day
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Richard Limber likes to stir things up
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The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker
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Art by the community, for the community
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Connoisseurs come together for MV Wine Fest
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View ArticleNatural grass wins turf battle at schools
After a yearlong debate, school leaders are endorsing natural grass instead of synthetic turf for the repair of the deteriorating athletic fields, both at the high school and Island-wide. The Martha’s...
View ArticleTisbury readies itself for liquor
Town leaders are working on regulations and setting up hearings before restuarants can begin serving hard liquor in Tisbury. Just one week after voters approved the ballot question allowing liquor in...
View ArticleTragedy at sea spurs a father to act
It’s said the most unspeakable grief is that of a parent losing a child. John Gurney has been dealing with that grief since last June, when his son Luke, a well-liked Island conch fisherman with a wife...
View ArticleScallop scoreboard shows seesaw season
Another bay scallop season is in the books. Since Martha’s Vineyard is one of the few places left on the planet where Aequipecten irradians still have have a foothold in the wild, these bivalves are...
View ArticleSuperior Court judge orders action on Island Theater
Attorneys for the town of Oak Bluffs and the Hall family have agreed on a stipulated preliminary order to make the Island Theater safe, and to do it quickly. On Thursday, Superior Court Judge Cornelius...
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