Land Bank Revenues: Dec. 18
12:19 am, December 31, 2015The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $285,854 for the business week ending on Friday, Dec. 18, 2015.
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12:25 am, December 31, 2015The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $121,700 for the business week ending on Friday, Dec. 25, 2015.
View ArticleFarm Neck Foundation Announces Grant Winners
12:29 am, December 31, 2015The board of directors of the Farm Neck Foundation has announced their annual grants for the year 2015.
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Three Finalists Named in High School Principal Search
1:49 pm, December 31, 2015Sara Brown A high school principal in the Bronx, a middle school principal in Ipswich, and a former principal in Maine have been named finalists in the search for Martha's...
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Farm House
3:02 pm, December 30, 2015Warren Woessner The first night in the country/I woke in the dark dark —/put my hand in front of my face/and couldn’t tell my hand/was there.
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At New Year's Frisbee Golf Tourney Fun Is Par for the Course
8:47 am, January 2, 2016Steve MyrickA record number (54) players turned out for the eighth annual New Year's Day Disc Golf Tournament in the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest off Barnes Road.
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Woman Critically Injured in Oak Bluffs House Fire
1:27 pm, January 2, 2016Steve Myrick An Oak Bluffs woman was seriously injured early Saturday morning in a house fire at 132 Pennsylvania avenue in Oak Bluffs. One other person in the house was not...
View ArticleMark C. Martin, 49
Sunday, January 3, 2016 - 12:38pmMark C. Martin of Vineyard Haven died at Winchester Hospital on Friday, Jan. 1. He was 49.Services are being planned and will be announced at a later date.A complete...
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Martha's Vineyard Museum Names New Executive Director
11:18 am, January 4, 2016Sara Brown The executive director of Audubon Pennsylvania has been named executive director of the museum. Phil Wallis, a longtime Vineyard visitor, will step into the job on...
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Blustery Bird Count Day Doesn't Deter Bevy of Birders
2:01 pm, January 4, 2016Bill EvilleIt was cold and blustery on Jan. 2, but that didn’t stop a large number of Island birders from heading out into nature for the 56th annual Christmas Bird Count on the...
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Sister Island, Sister Birder; Edith Andrews Was All Things Avian
2:24 pm, January 4, 2016Susan WhitingUp at first light, three Vineyard birders met at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport on Dec. 12. Flip Harrington, Lanny McDowell and I were bound for the other island,...
View ArticleAnnouncing Tyler
4:12 pm, January 4, 2016Heather and Jaime Boyle of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Tyler James Boyle, born Dec. 31 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
View ArticleWelcome, Finnegan
4:14 pm, January 4, 2016Kelly Canning and Jason McAleavey of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Finnegan (Finn) Alden McAleavey, born Dec. 31 at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
View ArticleWilliam B. Conway, Leading Civil Engineer Who Spent Summers on West Chop
Monday, January 4, 2016 - 4:17pmWilliam B. Conway, who spent his summers in West Chop, died on Monday evening, Dec. 14 at a hospital in New Orleans, his home city. He was 84. The cause was congestive...
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Real Estate Transactions: Dec. 27 to Jan. 3
6:30 pm, January 4, 2016Bryson Palmer and Asha Palmer purchased 55 Briarwood Lane in Vineyard Haven from Geoghan E. Coogan and Catherine J. Coogan for $675,000 on Dec. 29.
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Selectmen Balk at Shifting School Choice Money
6:22 pm, January 4, 2016Steve MyrickEdgartown selectmen Monday asked school officials to put the brakes on a proposal to change the way school choice funds are allocated through the superintendent’s...
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Rev. James Whittemore, Episcopal Priest Who Found Love of Sailing on the...
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 - 1:16pmThe Rev. James Robinson Whittemore of OceanView at Falmouth, Maine, died Dec. 30. He was 90.Jim was born in Detroit, Mich., on Jan. 13, 1925, to the late Helen Crawford...
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As Sales Erode in Internet Age, Vineyard Electronics Will Close
3:24 pm, January 5, 2016Julia WellsThe former Radio Shack outlet and electronics store that has been a mainstay Vineyard Haven business for 34 years, will close, owner Linda Sibley confirmed.
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Eugene P. Foley, Dreamer with Twinkle in His Eye, Pioneered Affirmative...
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 - 9:04pmEugene Patrick Foley died on Dec. 30 of natural causes in Whitefish, Mont. with family by his side. He was 87.Mr. Foley was the eighth born of 10 children of John R....
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Repairs Resume at Island Theater, Day After Town Officials Talk Demolition
7:57 pm, January 6, 2016Steve MyrickOne day after Oak Bluffs officials threatened legal action that could lead to demolition, repair work was underway Wednesday at the deteriorating Island Theater.
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