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Oak Bluffs Town Column: Nov. 27
5:01 pm, November 23, 2015Skip FinleyBack in the sixties Woody Guthrie played at the Mooncusser, the iconic coffee house that was next door to Phillips Hardware store on Circuit avenue. His son Arlo,...
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Buggy Races
1:38 pm, November 25, 2015Chris Murphy of Chilmark was the big winner of the “buggy race” or “soapbox derby” held in West Tisbury on Saturday.
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Muckrakers Shine an Important Spotlight
4:04 pm, November 25, 2015Dick LehrThe fall movie season has featured an unusual run of star-studded films built around true-to-life journalists in action. It’s purely coincidental, but odd nonetheless.
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Thanksgiving 2015
4:05 pm, November 25, 2015Autumn on the Vineyard this year has been a gift from nature — seductively mild, with clear days and frosty nights stretching on as if they would never end.
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As Estuaries Project Nears End, Work Begins to Protect Ponds
4:17 pm, November 26, 2015Alex ElvinThe Massachusetts Estuary Project has issued reports for 12 Island estuaries. In many cases the project has raised awareness of growing nitrogen problems and spurred...
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Restored Film Shows Holiday Horse Races
7:23 am, November 26, 2015Tom DunlopIt was Thanksgiving weekend 1972, the second year John and Kappy Hall ran a series of races with horses of wildly mismatched breeding and ages, and riders with...
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Land Bank Revenues: Nov. 20
4:41 pm, November 25, 2015The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $148,953.50 for the business week ending on Friday, Nov. 20, 2015.
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Jeanne Wells, Longtime Chairman of All-Island Art Show, Led a Full Life
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 8:36pmJeanne L. Wells of Athens, Ohio died unexpectedly on Thursday, Nov. 19, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. She was 88.She was born on June 12, 1927, in...
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William Erskine Gallant Jr., World War II Veteran, Was Passionate About...
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 9:31pmWilliam Erskine Gallant Jr. died at his home in Charleston, S.C. on Nov. 12. at the age of 89.He was born Dec. 12, 1925 at Anderson County Hospital in Anderson,...
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Eva Borglund Gallant Was Prolific Artist; Found Beauty in Simple Things
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 9:47pmEva Borglund Gallant died in Ayer on Sept. 24 at the age of 85 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Mrs. Gallant was born on Dec. 15, 1929 in Stockholm,...
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Juanita Jackson Was Hard Worker With a Sense of Humor
Friday, November 27, 2015 - 6:46pmJuanita Hazel Rose Jackson came to Vineyard Haven from Boston three years ago to stay with her daughter, Joyce Rickson, when it became difficult to manage alone in...
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Service Tuesday for Janice Feltz
Saturday, November 28, 2015 - 4:39pmJanice Feltz of West Tisbury died at Massachusetts General Hospital on Tuesday, Nov. 24. She was the wife of the late Francis F. Cournoyer.A visitation for family...
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Douglas Dorchester, Fifth Generation Clergyman Who Was Deeply Active in...
Saturday, November 28, 2015 - 9:52pmThe Rev. Douglas Freese Dorchester died peacefully on Nov. 1, All Saints’ Day, at Thirwood Place Retirement Community in South Yarmouth. He was 91.He was the son of...
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Vineyarders Join Call to Action on Climate Change
6:47 pm, November 29, 2015Steve MyrickA small band of Islanders joined a worldwide call for action on climate change in a demonstration in Vineyard Haven Sunday afternoon.
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Through Stages of Grief, Author Gets to Heart of Being a Teenager
8:38 pm, November 29, 2015Bill EvilleAlexandra Coutts’s latest young adult novel Young Widows Club is indeed about a young widow. The main character Tamsen Baird is just 17. This is the West Tisbury...
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As Commission Reviews Its DRI Checklist, Planning Boards Join In
2:21 pm, November 30, 2015Alex ElvinIsland planning officials and the Martha’s Vineyard Commission have been taking advantage of a biennial opportunity to improve their relationship, which often swings...
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With Help of Crane and Craftsmanship, Old Whaling Church Has New Top
2:34 pm, November 30, 2015Sara Brown A small crowd gathered on Edgartown’s Main street on a chilly Monday morning to watch and wait as a giant crane prepared to put the top back on the Old Whaling Church.
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Linda Wheaton Was Loving Matriarch, Had Zest for Finding Fun in Life
Monday, November 30, 2015 - 3:21pmLinda Lee Schatz Wheaton died peacefully in her sleep on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 26, at the home of her older daughter in Falmouth.She was the wife of the late...
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Hello, Morgan
3:30 pm, November 30, 2015Samantha and Morgan Eisen of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a son, Morgan Julien Richard Eisen, born on Nov. 24 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
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Announcing Oliver
3:34 pm, November 30, 2015Lauren and Richard Wasserloos of West Tisbury announce the birth of a son, Oliver Frederick Wasserloos, born Nov. 26 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
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