Wind Sprints Become Cold Sprints as Winter Track Debuts
3:37 pm, December 11, 2014Mac SashinWinter track has debuted this year as a brand new sport at the regional high school. The head coach for the winter track team is longtime track and cross-country...
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Rising to the Challenge, Bread Maker is Certified Success
4:21 pm, December 11, 2014Olivia HullMost Fridays, Kate Warner can be found in her West Tisbury kitchen. Even in early December, the room is hot; sun streams in through tall windows and inside two...
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Lack of Adult Scallops Closes Aquinnah Season; Cause Unknown
6:20 pm, December 11, 2014Alex ElvinFollowing the early closure of the scalloping season in Aquinnah, town officials and shellfish biologists are trying to understand the unexpected decline in the...
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Islander Travels to Front Lines to Help Fight Ebola Epidemic
6:29 pm, December 11, 2014Ivy AsheNora Love, who lives in Oak Bluffs returned to the United States last Thursday from her most recent International Rescue Committee challenge: setting up an Ebola...
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Federal Auction Nears for Offshore Wind Leases
6:40 pm, December 11, 2014Alex ElvinVineyard Power, the Island-owned energy cooperative, is preparing to partner with a private developer in bidding for leases early next year in the federally owned...
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Commission Marks 40 Years of Fighting for the Island
6:51 pm, December 11, 2014Sara Brown The Martha’s Vineyard Commission, heralded as a unique and powerful regional planning organization, often the source of controversy, celebrated a quiet 40th...
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6:54 pm, December 11, 2014The holiday season is upon us, the season of guilt and shame for people struggling with alcohol and drug addiction. For Vineyarders who have had enough, here are some simple...
View ArticleChristmas Comes to Edgartown
7:10 pm, December 11, 2014For more than thirty years on the second weekend in December, Christmas in Edgartown has been celebrated in the classic style of a small New England town.
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On Target for New Life at Little Neck
7:14 pm, December 11, 2014Olivia HullAt Cape Pogue Bay shellfishermen drag for scallops and gulls congregate along the sandy shoreline. But underlying the peaceful scene are an unknown number of...
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Oh, Take Me Home, Chilmark Roads
3:31 pm, December 11, 2014Chris Fischer I lasted six months without a truck. Now I have two. One of them seems fit for travel off the Island. The other does not.
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Please Adopt Us
9:42 am, December 11, 2014Joy prevailed at the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard this week. Two of our canine residents went to forever homes within days of being delivered to us.
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Christmas Comes to Edgartown With Parade, Lighthouse Lighting
10:08 am, December 12, 2014Sara Brown Elves were busy at work this week in Edgartown, getting the village ready for the annual Christmas in Edgartown festivities. The garlands have been wrapped around...
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Horse Rescued from West Tisbury Pool
11:16 am, December 12, 2014Sara Brown West Tisbury fire and police personnel banded together Friday morning to rescue a horse named Max from a swimming pool. Sgt. Jeffrey (Skipper) Manter played a key...
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Rockfish Abuzz With Off-Season Pub Crowd
8:45 am, December 13, 2014Alison L. MeadThe tapas-style restaurant and bar opened two weeks ago at 11 North Water street with a changed interior but familiar owners. Siblings Nell, Will and Geoghan...
View ArticleBarbara Lankow Loved Her Home by the Sea
Monday, December 15, 2014 - 12:50pmBarbara A. Lankow died Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, surrounded by family. She was 79.The youngest child of Francis and Margaret Small, Barbara was born in 1934 at...
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Real Estate Transactions: Dec. 8 to Dec. 14
1:40 pm, December 15, 2014William J. Tester and Linda M. Morante purchased 16 Log Cabin Road in West Tisbury from Matthew E. Epstein and Deborah L. Hiatt for $765,000 on Dec. 11.
View ArticleWest Tisbury Town Column: Dec. 19
2:20 pm, December 15, 2014John S. AlleyWell, all is nearly prepared in most homes for Christmas on Thursday. However, there is always time for a tiny amount of last minute shopping.
View ArticleNAMI Offers Free Course
2:33 pm, December 15, 2014The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will sponsor a free educational course for families of people diagnosed with a serious mental illness. It begins Tuesday, Jan....
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Norman Bridwell, Creator of Clifford the Big Red Dog, Dies at 86
11:15 am, December 16, 2014Julia WellsThe acclaimed illustrator and children’s author who delighted multiple generations with his books, died Friday night at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. He was 86...
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Sense of Wonder Charity Crafts
2:28 pm, December 16, 2014Sense of Wonder Creations is holding its fourth annual holiday benefit craft workshops. The beneficiary this year is Sister Flora’s Orphanage on Ile A Vache, Haiti.The...
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