Land Bank Revenues: Jan. 22
5:09 pm, January 26, 2016The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $764,534 for the business week ending on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016.
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Costs on the Rise for Up-Island School Lunch Program
6:48 pm, January 26, 2016Heather HamacekThe cost of lunch in the up-Island regional school district is going up next year. The growing popularity of the lunch program is the reason.
View ArticleService Thursday for Otis Rogers Jr.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 - 8:17pmOtis A. Rogers Jr. of Oak Bluffs died on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. He was 92. He was the husband of Mary Kidder Rogers ,who predeceased him...
View ArticleLeadership Changes at Vineyard House
12:36 pm, January 27, 2016Mark Jenkins, who has served as president of the board for 10 years, will step down at the end of January.
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Service Sunday for Hugh MacInnis
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 12:36pmA funeral service for Hugh MacInnis will be held on Sunday, Jan. 31 at 1:30 p.m. at Trinity Methodist Church in the Camp Ground in Oak Bluffs, with a reception to...
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Jack Durkee Navigated Life, on Land and at Sea
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 12:39pmJohn W. (Jack) Durkee died Jan. 24 in Orange, Conn., due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 82 years old.One of his greatest joys was being out on...
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Otis Rogers Jr., Proud Son of Oak Bluffs
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 3:00pmOtis A. Rogers Jr., a lifelong resident of Oak Bluffs, died peacefully on Jan. 26, just shy of his 93rd birthday.Born in Oak Bluffs on Jan. 30, 1923, a son of Otis...
View ArticleMVC Approves Budget, Conditions for Southern Woodlands Plan
3:13 pm, January 27, 2016Alex ElvinThe Martha’s Vineyard Commission last week approved a $1.42 million budget for the coming fiscal year.
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Dyan Walsh Espindle, Hospice Nurse on the Vineyard
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 3:42pmDyan Walsh Espindle, formerly of Vineyard Haven, died suddenly on Jan. 23 in Punta Gorda, Fla. She was 66.Dyan was a hospice nurse on Martha’s Vineyard. She is...
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Remembering Vern Laux, 1955-2016
5:54 pm, January 27, 2016Robert A. CulbertThis week’s column would not be complete without mention of the passing of Vern Laux on Jan. 21.
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2016 Christmas Bird Count Results
5:56 pm, January 27, 2016The 56th annual Martha's Vineyard Christmas Bird Count was held on Saturday, Jan. 2. The cold and blustery weather didn't deter 61 Island birders, who fanned out across the...
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Frozen Carrots and Disoriented Hens
10:21 pm, January 27, 2016Lynne IronsI thoroughly enjoyed last weekend’s storm. I was able to pick quite a bit of food from my garden before the snow started.
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A Ticket to the Snow Show
10:26 pm, January 27, 2016Suzan BellincampiCrazy that snow is so simple, yet so complicated. We all know it is just frozen water, but describing it can get much more detailed.
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All Together
4:25 pm, January 28, 2016The story comes out of Gay Head, where memories are longer, than in other places, of wall building bees.
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A Heart of Gold and the Joyful Energy of a Tufted Titmouse
4:58 pm, January 28, 2016Fan Ogilvie The bird is a tufted titmouse. That bird there, which I am observing, is a tufted titmouse. Time to call Vern Laux, the bird man.
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Close Encounters with Celestial Beings
5:06 pm, January 28, 2016Shirley Mayhew When I was growing up in a suburb of New York city, I didn’t realize how average we all were. I don’t mean that in a bad way.
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Keeping it Spicy, Till the Very End
5:20 pm, January 28, 2016Nancy Slonim AronieI am looking for a shelf big enough in my kitchen to accommodate the Costco size bottle of Sriracha.
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Fawn on the Roof, Rib Eye on the Dash, and a Man Named Jay
5:24 pm, January 28, 2016Chris Fischer I picked up a hitchhiker last Friday morning while driving down my extremely long dirt road. He was dressed head to toe in camouflage and had an obvious limp. His...
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In Praise of Coast Guard, Past and Present
5:29 pm, January 28, 2016Virginia Jones Beginning Friday there will be a week of special screenings of The Finest Hours, a new movie about the Coast Guard rescue off Cape Cod during a 1952 blizzard 1952.
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Cultural Tourism
5:35 pm, January 28, 2016The Aquinnah Circle has been attracting visitors since before there were paved roads up-Island. The history and culture of the area run as deep as the rich veins of clay in the...
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