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Looking at Housing Instability in America
12:47 pm, July 25, 2016Alex ElvinMatthew Desmond’s book, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, illustrates how eviction is not only a condition but a cause of poverty. Mr. Desmond spoke in...
View ArticleDamage in Millions; Worst Destruction Is Seen on Harborfront
1:06 pm, August 21, 1991W. C. PlattThe earliest hurricane in New England history roared up the East Coast Monday, plowing across Martha’s Vineyard with harbors full and seasonal population at its...
View ArticleHurricane of 1938 Was Devastating: Storm Obliterated Menemsha
1:41 pm, September 23, 1938Swept by a hurricane the velocity of which has been estimated at a hundred miles an hour at brief periods, and which surpassed anything of the sort that has ever struck the...
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Vineyard Gales and Storms
3:40 pm, October 25, 1878Vineyard GazetteRev, Joseph Thaxter, in some notes, speaks of a great gale and rain storm Aug.
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Like Father Like Daughter; Amy Helm Rocks Audience Off Its Feet
6:50 am, July 26, 2016Steve MyrickSome children of famous people run away from their last name. Amy Helm runs right at it, lays a great big sweet harmony up under it and sings a hymn to it. At the...
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Stingray Sighting off State Beach
4:20 pm, July 25, 2016Sara Brown A large roughtail stingray was seen swimming in shallow water about 50 yards off State Beach on Sunday morning. The gentle creatures are common in New England waters...
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Another Storm
4:18 pm, October 12, 1849Vineyard GazetteWe hardly need remind our readers of the gale which occurred on Saturday night last; it was palpable enough to fix itself in memory for some tine to come. It is...
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The Storm: Destruction by Land and Sea
9:36 am, October 18, 1878Vineyard GazetteA storm, the like of which in this vicinity the oldest inhabitant fails to remember, visited the Island last Saturday afternoon, and raged with steadily...
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Back from the Brink, Summer Basketball Heats Up
12:45 pm, July 26, 2016Mike KotsopoulosIn danger of missing its first active season in more than 45 years, the Oak Bluffs summer basketball league received enough participating players at the last minute.
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“The Corn Cracker”
10:29 am, August 22, 1879Vineyard GazetteThe inclement, sultry weather of Sunday and Monday terminated Monday night in one of the severest gales ever known in this vicinity at this season of the year,...
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Jack Carbon, Friendly Captain on Chappy Ferry
Tuesday, July 26, 2016 - 10:41amJack Carbon, loving husband, father and grandfather, died peacefully on Friday, July 15, at the Plymouth Rehabilitation Hospital.Jack grew up in Sherborn, the son of...
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A Terrific Storm
12:00 pm, September 28, 1888Vineyard Gazette A TERRIFIC STORM - Sweeps over the Vineyard Wednesday morning - Wind and rain unlimited - Chimneys, trees and fences laid low - No serious damage to...
View ArticleThe Line Gale, or What?
1:02 pm, September 15, 1904Vineyard GazetteThe southerly gale of this morning developed between seven and eight o’clock at almost the proportions of a hurricane. Fortunately for the harbor front the...
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A Terrific Storm Sweeps the Coast, Causing Many Wrecks and Loss of Life
2:39 pm, December 1, 1898Vineyard GazetteA Terrific Storm Sweeps the Coast, Causing Many Wrecks and Loss of Life Saturday night and most of Sunday the fiercest storm in many years prevailed over the...
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Fiercest August Storm for Fifty Years Sweeps Over Vineyard
3:57 pm, August 29, 1924Vineyard GazetteThe terrific north-easterly storm which swept the eastern Massachusetts coast on Tuesday was felt with unusual severity on the Vineyard.
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Town Seeks to Untangle Chappy Ferry Line Problems
7:02 am, July 25, 2016Steve MyrickMore signs and a reservation system for large trucks were among the possible solutions discussed by the Edgartown selectmen this week during a report on problems with...
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Flying Horses to Madison Square Garden, Chadwick Stokes Still Sings a...
6:00 pm, July 26, 2016Heather HamacekComing off a European tour with the band Dispatch, Chadwick Stokes returns to his childhood vacation spot for a little down time, and to perform at Union Chapel...
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House Hunting with Ruth McGorty
11:49 am, July 27, 2016Paula Lyons In 1985 Ruth McGorty started the Martha’s Vineyard Real Estate Guide, then just a black-and-white pamphlet. Today the magazine is a full color, glossy Real Estate...
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Bright Lights, Cottage City: Plugging In For Illumination Night
11:59 am, July 27, 2016Alexandra Bullen CouttsLife in the Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association (informally called the Camp Ground) is a unique experience, and never more so than on Illumination...
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If You Build It...Island Architects, Life By Design
12:12 pm, July 27, 2016Erin Ryerson How do ideas for a new home or an updated kitchen move from dream to reality? Erin Ryerson goes back to the drawing board with three up-and-coming Island architects...
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