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For Him, Going Green Meant Protecting the Laws of Nature
3:09 pm, March 12, 2015Mark Alan LovewellThe waterfront lost a friend this past week. Retired sergeant William L. Searle 3rd, of the Environmental State Police died on March 5. He served on the Island...
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Birth of a New Dad Is Labor of Love
3:24 pm, March 12, 2015Brad WoodgerI have the night shift. The preferred shift, really. The baby sleeps (more) at night. Etienne is the baby’s name. Etienne is French for Stephen.
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March Omens
3:28 pm, March 12, 2015In praise of the warm weather and approach of spring, this week the editors looked back to Henry Beetle Hough and two of his essays on the coming season.
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Dreamland Unveils Loft, an Adult Game Room
3:42 pm, March 12, 2015Olivia Hull Another transformation has taken place at Dreamland MV, an entertainment venue in downtown Oak Bluffs. Late last week, the space opened as Loft at Dreamland, an adult...
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Concerns Raised About Oak Bluffs Park and Ride Plan
3:58 pm, March 12, 2015Ivy Ashe The town of Oak Bluffs is moving forward with its plans for a park and ride lot to help alleviate summer traffic downtown, but during a public hearing Tuesday some...
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As Costs Rise for New Building, Library Asks Selectmen for Help
4:44 pm, March 12, 2015Olivia HullNearly a year after contractors broke ground on a new library for Edgartown, the project is overbudget and behind schedule. The library building committee is asking...
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Film Festival Gets Ready for Its Close-up
4:51 pm, March 12, 2015Alison L. MeadOn a recent spring-like afternoon in downtown Chilmark, as the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival staff walked from their offices on South Road to the Chilmark...
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Harsh Winter Shucks for Shellfishermen
5:02 pm, March 12, 2015Alex Elvin Vineyard inshore fisheries almost came to a halt this winter, with ice more than a foot thick in some places. “This is probably one of the worst, if not the worst,...
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In Tisbury, Making It Work with This Old School
12:38 pm, March 13, 2015Ivy Ashe A storage closet serving as a guidance office, a too-small cafeteria, damage from roof leaks and noisy old ventilators. A recent tour of the Tisbury School showed that...
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Cooking Up Change at the Menemsha Restaurant Scene
8:04 am, March 14, 2015Olivia HullThe restaurant at Chilmark’s Beach Plum Inn will open this May with a new head chef. Josh Aronie, who led the kitchen at the nearby Home Port Restaurant last summer,...
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Tisbury Planning Board Hears Proposal for Pine Street Subdivision
1:31 pm, March 16, 2015Ivy Ashe A proposed subdivision on Pine street in Vineyard Haven has raised concerns from abutters and some planning board members about the density of the project. The property...
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Roberta Lowe Was Fifth Generation Camp Grounder
Monday, March 16, 2015 - 1:51pmRoberta H. Lowe died peacefully on Feb. 21 in Venice, Fla. She was 90.Born in Taunton on March 16, 1924 to the late Millicent and Charles Hackett, she was the devoted...
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2:22 pm, March 16, 2015Elissa Turnbull and Eddie Stahl of Chilmark announce the birth of a daughter, Hazel Clementine Stahl, born on March 11 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
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Slow Food Wants Quick Action on GMO Labeling
3:29 pm, March 16, 2015Alex ElvinOn Sunday, more than 100 people attended the annual Farmer’s Brunch in Chilmark, which focused on the controversies surrounding genetically modified organisms in the...
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Spencer Pogue Named Island Spelling Bee Champ
4:20 pm, March 16, 2015Ivy Ashe How do you spell spelling champion? For two years in a row on the Vineyard, the answer has been S-P-E-N-C-E-R. Edgartown School seventh grader Spencer Pogue repeated as...
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Regional High School Students Make the Grade at Science Fair
9:58 am, March 17, 2015Three winners from the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School’s Science & Engineering Fair competed at the South Shore Regional Science Fair at Bridgewater State University...
View ArticleGeoffrey Spence Was Gifted Carpenter, Devoted Friend
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 - 10:43amGeoffrey L. Spence died peacefully at his home in Vineyard Haven in the early hours of Dec. 10, 2014 after a long illness. He was 75.He was born on Oct. 2, 1939, the...
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McAlister Coleman Was Talented Artist, Educator
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 - 10:48amMcAlister (Mac) Coleman, of Manchester by the Sea, died on Saturday, Jan. 31, just days after his birthday. He was 83.He had been a Manchester resident since 1969, when...
View ArticleJulia Cooper Named to Dean's List
11:07 am, March 17, 2015Julia Cooper of Edgartown has earned the dean’s award for academic excellence for the fall 2014 semester at Colgate University.
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Birds Show the Way to Spring
11:14 am, March 17, 2015Robert A. CulbertI saw a definitive sign of the approaching spring on Thursday, March 12. Granted, it was only a flock of about 20 Canada geese, but they were landing on the...
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