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Environmental Film Festival Is a First
1:45 pm, May 12, 2015The first annual Environmental Film Festival will be held at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center from May 20 through May 24, and presented in partnership with the Vineyard...
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Calling All Birders
2:00 pm, May 12, 2015Felix Neck needs birders and sponsors to participate in Mass Audubon’s 32nd year of birding competition. The 24-hour competition starts at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 15, and runs...
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Fuel Assistance Deadline Approaching
2:16 pm, May 12, 2015The fuel assistance program will close for applications on Friday, May 15. If you did not receive an application in the mail and feel that you may qualify, call 508-696-3843 to...
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Construction Materials Sale Will Benefit Habitat for Humanity
2:24 pm, May 12, 2015Household projects abound this time of year and Habitat for Humanity of Martha's Vineyard is sponsoring a construction materials sale just in time for spring.
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Boys' Baseball Holds Strong Position in League Play
3:38 pm, May 12, 2015Megan CerulloThe regional high school boys’ varsity baseball team is having a great season. In fact, it is its best season ever. The Vineyarders have maintained a 4-2 record within...
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Sophie Silverman Was Fiercely Independent, Devoted to Her Faith
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 6:14pmSophie Silverman died peacefully on May 6 at Windemere Nursing Home with her daughter and two devoted caregivers by her side. She was 102 years old.She had visited the...
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4:07 pm, May 13, 2015Peter WellsThe shadbush bloomed suddenly late last week. The foggy days seem to be an essential factor. You get up one morning and realize that there are small clouds of white...
View ArticleEdgartown Town Column: May 15
4:11 pm, May 13, 2015Kathie CaseCoat on, coat off. That seems to be the way the weather has been working these past few days. The wind has not helped that situation but we will take the sunshine and...
View ArticleVineyard Haven Town Column: May 15
4:15 pm, May 13, 2015Nancy GardellaYou can take the cheesecake out of New York but you can’t take New York out of the cheesecake. Or can you?
View ArticleOak Bluffs Town Column: May 15
4:27 pm, May 13, 2015Skip Finley In a town renowned for irony, colorful characters, and stories the Wesley House Hotel stands alone. The harbor-front, Victorian-designed structure was built for $18,000...
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Skunk Cabbage Provides Nature's Spring Perfume
4:36 pm, May 13, 2015Suzan BellincampiLeave it to Henry David Thoreau to find stirring strength in putrid plants. The celebrated naturalist knew the greatness of the greens in the wetlands.
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Bluebells in Bloom; Coveting Phlox
4:53 pm, May 13, 2015Lynne Irons I wish I had a couple of bucks for every time I complained about the lack of rain. So much for April showers. Did it even rain once in the last month?
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Felix Neck Bird-a-Thon
5:16 pm, May 13, 2015The 24-hour bird-a-thon competition starts at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 15, and runs through 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 16.
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Emma Carmichael, 90
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 5:23pmEmma (Crowell) Carmichael of East Chop died on Wednesday morning, May 13 at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She was 90 years old.She was predeceased by her husband, Jere...
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Loft Spared Suspension, Issued Warning for Liquor Violations
5:29 pm, May 13, 2015Olivia HullAt the continuation of a disciplinary hearing Tuesday, the Oak Bluffs selectmen found the Loft at Dreamland had violated nine liquor control regulations on its opening...
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Aquinnah Re-elects Incumbent, Approves Tax Override
9:17 pm, May 13, 2015Alex ElvinAquinnah voters on Wednesday backed a $120,000 tax override related to the town’s high school assessment and re-elected incumbent selectman Jim Newman. A total of 151 of...
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High School Sailing Team Heads to Regionals
5:09 pm, May 14, 2015Steve MyrickThe Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School sailing team is ranked fifth in New England and the top public high school in the region.
View ArticleCounsel Says Uber Doesn't Share Taxi Rules
5:15 pm, May 14, 2015Current town regulations governing taxicabs do not extend to riding sharing networks such as Uber, the West Tisbury town counsel said in an opinion this week.
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West Tisbury to Pull Article on School District Withdrawal
5:22 pm, May 14, 2015Alex ElvinIn a quick reversal, the West Tisbury selectmen agreed Wednesday to pull an article from the upcoming June 2 special town meeting, asking whether the town should withdraw...
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Aquinnah Approves Center for Living Building
9:40 am, May 12, 2015Alex ElvinAquinnah voters gave the final go-ahead Tuesday for the purchase of a new building for the Center for Living to serve Island seniors, approved a $4.1 million annual...
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