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Medflight Is Critical Lifeline During Times of Trauma
6:34 pm, July 25, 2013Remy Tumin One minute you could be having a heart attack at Cronig’s Market; several hours later you could be in the recovery room following triple bypass surgery. Thanks to the...
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Islanders Pitch in to Make Dreams Possible
6:50 pm, July 25, 2013Olivia HullNewly famous after a second place finish at the World Series of Poker last Halloween, Jesse Sylvia saw the Martha’s Vineyard Community Services as a way to put his...
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Changing the World One Laptop at a Time
12:36 pm, July 27, 2013Sara BrownAbout a year ago, closed boxes filled with computer tablets were left in two villages in Ethiopia. The villages had no literacy and no cellular service or electricity....
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Polly Hill Serves Up Beer with a Heady Dose of Science
4:30 pm, July 28, 2013Ivy AsheA pint of beer is a science class in a glass. On the macro level, there are the biology and chemistry lessons: fungi and plants collide to kick-start the fermentation...
View ArticleFour People Injured, Two Airlifted Sunday in Separate Single-Car Accidents
10:34 pm, July 28, 2013An Oak Bluffs mother and her 17-month-old child were airlifted to a Boston hospital Sunday morning following a serious single-car accident.Oak Bluffs police said a 2013 Hyundai...
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Possible Dreams Live Auction Raises $200,000
10:16 pm, July 28, 2013Olivia HullThere was an alien invasion at Sunday night's Possible Dreams auction.But like every thing else that happened, it was for a good cause.Halfway through the presentation...
View ArticleOak Bluffs Father Accused of Inflicting Severe Brain Injury on Child
2:45 pm, July 29, 2013Sara BrownA 19-year-old Oak Bluffs man was arraigned Monday morning on a charge of assault and battery on a child with substantial injury after his infant daughter allegedly...
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Della Hardman Day Offers Celebration, Reflection on African American Progress
12:52 pm, July 29, 2013Nicholas BradleyOak Bluffs selectman Walter Vail called it a perfect Vineyard day. Kites hung in the clear blue sky over Ocean Park and a light breeze blew in off Nantucket Sound...
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Books, Baked Goods, Top Shelf Coffee; Triple Delight in E'Town
11:11 am, August 1, 2013Sydney BenderEvery bookstore, no matter how old, has a story behind it.Edgartown Books is no exception.Last year, after what some thought could be the end of an iconic Island...
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Sharks of Summer Lead the League
9:54 am, July 31, 2013Ivy AsheThe trio of youngsters leaning on the fence of the Vineyard baseball park sported brand-new white Martha’s Vineyard Sharks hats. David Allen and Saul Pink, both from the...
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Thunder the Boar, Well-Known Stud and Blue Ribbon Winner, Has Gone to Hog...
9:34 am, August 1, 2013Joanie AmesThunder Ben David of Chilmark died Thursday, July 25, after seven glorious years as the biggest attraction at Native Earth Teaching Farm owned by Rebecca Gilbert and...
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Thirteen Years, Nine Artists, One Art Center; Featherstone Creates Community
11:32 am, August 1, 2013Nicholas BradleyFor 13 years, nine artists have been meeting to discuss their work and offer constructive criticism. They share a passion for art and the desire to grow as...
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As Keepers of the Island Way, Martha's Vineyard Commission Has Strong Support
6:17 pm, August 1, 2013Sara Brown A second public hearing was set for Thursday night before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission on expansion plans for the Stop & Shop grocery store in Vineyard Haven....
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From Bagels to Big Time Food Writing, Island Feeds His Passion
6:10 pm, August 1, 2013Remy Tumin In the summer of 1978 Michael Pollan’s pig Kosher won first prize at the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair. But her glory was short-lived. Folksinger James Taylor...
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Clock is Ticking on Effort to Save Gay Head Light
6:23 pm, August 1, 2013Remy TuminThe federal government formally declared the Gay Head Light surplus property Thursday, clearing the way for the town of Aquinnah to take ownership of the lighthouse...
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They Came, They Saw, They Moved In; Exploring the Vineyard's Counterculture...
6:35 pm, August 1, 2013Ivy AsheJohn Abrams came down from the mountains. It was 1975 and he had arrived on the Island from a commune in Vermont with his friend Mitchell Posin, his wife Chris, and his...
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Biggest-Ever White Shark Tagging Expedition Launched in Woods Hole
5:15 pm, August 1, 2013Olivia HullThe send-off felt a little like the dawn of a new adventure, a trip to uncharted territory — a discoverer’s voyage to the new world or the Wild West. And the subject...
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Distressed Swimmers Rescued off North Shore
6:30 am, August 5, 2013The 911 call came at about 6:45 p.m. that a person was in the water off Great Rock Bight and in distress. Chilmark and Aquinnah police, Coast Guard station Menemsha and...
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Camp Ground Cottages Open Their Doors
11:00 am, August 5, 2013On Wednesday, August 7, the 18th Camp Ground Cottage tour takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The tour this year consists of six cottages, two just 500-square-feet, and one in...
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Rose Styron Hosts Peace Talks, Lessons on Science of Fear
1:09 pm, August 5, 2013Olivia HullOn the pristine lawn of the Styron residence, where the pink and orange tones of sunset moved in above the gently-rocking sailboats of the Tisbury harbor, it was hard...
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