Natural History Walk
Chilmark Natural History Walk with land bank staff, 1 p.m., Tea Lane Farm and Middle Line Woods Preserve, Chilmark. Meet at intersection of Meetinghouse Road and Middle Road. Dress for the weather....
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MVC Agrees to Designate Islandwide Fertilizer Control District
3:31 pm, March 31, 2014Sara BrownThe commission voted unanimously last week to designate a new DCPC to control fertilizer use. Voters in Island towns will be asked to adopt regulations this spring. The...
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Linguini Contest Builds Next Generation of Engineers
4:30 pm, March 31, 2014Ivy AsheRegional high school freshman Ben DeBettencourt took home the grand prize Monday morning in the 17th annual linguini bridge contest. His project withstood 1,500 pounds of...
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Those Were the Days: Author Relives Sixties in Groovy Book
4:58 pm, March 31, 2014Ivy AsheWas it fun growing up in the sixties? The question sparked Amy Reece's first novel, Regarding Jeffrey, which evoke the era from 1964 to 1970.
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Trees Good Enough to Eat
5:05 pm, March 31, 2014Ivy AsheTour of edible trees at the Polly Hill Arboretum educates and informs, but to find real blueberries and hickory nuts, come back in summer and fall.
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Fueling the Economic Engine With Art
2:47 pm, April 1, 2014Olivia HullArts MV held its annual meeting on Monday which featured speaker Ann Markusen, an expert in assessing how arts can bring more dollars to a community, including...
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Haskell Pawling MacCowatt, 82, Past President of Preservation Trust
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 2:50pmHaskell Pawling MacCowatt of Summit, N.J., and Edgartown, died peacefully on Sunday, Feb. 16, surrounded by his family. He was 82.Paul was born April 15, 1931 in...
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Emily Cook Moore, 88, Gifted Teacher
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 3:01pmEmily Cook Moore died peacefully on March 27, at her home in Katama, surrounded by people who loved and cared for her. She was 88.She was born on Dec. 20, 1925, in...
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Helen Wheeler, 96, Shared Memories of Oak Bluffs
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 3:14pmHelen Mae Wheeler of Oak Bluffs died peacefully on Feb, 25 in New Port Richey, Fla., with her daughter Pamela at her side. She was 96.She was the embodiment of joy and...
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ACE MV Students Hit the Stage
3:44 pm, April 1, 2014Student writers in ACE MV classes will read at the Bunch of Grapes Bookstore on Main street in Vineyard Haven on Saturday, April 5, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. and again the following...
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Nature Walk with Land Bank Staff
3:55 pm, April 1, 2014The land bank staff invites the community on a guided natural history walk of Tea Lane Farm and Middle Line Woods Preserve in Chilmark. The walk will last approximately three...
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State Looks to Hire Superintendent for Correllus Forest
3:54 pm, April 1, 2014Olivia HullThe state conservation and recreation department is accepting applications for a superintendent following the sudden death of John J. Varkonda in late December. Mr....
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Community Chorus Concerts
4:10 pm, April 1, 2014The Island Community Chorus raises its voices for two concerts at the Performing Arts Center at the regional high school on Saturday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, April 6,...
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Polly Hill Dine to Donate Benefit
4:16 pm, April 1, 2014Polly Hill Arboretum reaps the benefits of a dine to donate event at Offshore Ale in Oak Bluffs on Monday, April 7. Twenty per cent of food sales will be donated to the arboretum.
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Gardening Lectures and Workshops
4:24 pm, April 1, 2014Spring has sprung and everyone at Vineyard Gardens in West Tisbury is ready. On April 5, the garden center begins its Saturday educational lecture series and workshops.
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Wander Wasque
12:56 pm, April 2, 2014The Trustees of Reservations invite you to check out the dynamic landscape around Wasque from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 6. Meet on the Chappaquiddick side of the Chappy ferry...
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National Park Service Pays a Visit to Gay Head Light
1:10 pm, April 2, 2014Remy TuminWith erosion eating away at the Gay Head Cliffs, a historian for the National Park Service recognized the urgency in transferring ownership to the town. The lighthouse...
View ArticlePublic Record of Cases Heard in Edgartown District Court
2:18 pm, April 2, 2014Public Record of Cases Heard in Edgartown District Court: Asa W. French, 28, of Vineyard Haven, was arraigned on March 19 charges in Vineyard Haven of possessing to distribute a...
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Real Estate Transactions: March 24 - March 30
3:15 pm, April 2, 2014Gregory L. Dankert and Dorothy J. Enrico purchased 14 Edgewood Drive in Edgartown from Lester W. Holcomb Jr. and Elizabeth R. Holcomb for $499,000 on March 24.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 3:33pmRobert Gordon (Gordie) Bassett died on Feb. 2, after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. He was 55.Gordon was living in Baltimore, and was in the process of...
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