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Local Bat Study May Lend Insight to Regional Crisis
12:41 pm, August 26, 2013Ivy AsheThe bat detector sputtered and crackled from its post along Middle Cove Loop at Long Point Wildlife Refuge. It hadn’t yet made the telltale repeating noises that occur...
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Man Charged with Stealing $85,000 in Rash of Area Break-ins
1:34 pm, August 26, 2013Sara BrownA spate of home break-ins around the Island has led to the arrest of a 27-year-old Pennsylvania man who police said stole more than $85,000 in jewelry and other items....
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Film Shines Light on Food Insecurity at Home and Abroad
4:36 pm, August 26, 2013Olivia HullOne in every four children in America doesn’t know where their next meal is coming from.It’s an issue that has often passed quietly under the radar and gets little...
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Sticking Points Remain for Church Expansion Under Review by MVC
4:30 pm, August 26, 2013Sara BrownA new plan to turn 54 acres in Katama into a nine-lot residential subdivision saw favorable review by the Martha's Vineyard Commission last week, while stubborn...
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Construction Set to Begin on New Menemsha Boathouse
12:35 pm, August 27, 2013Remy TuminConstruction for the new U.S. Coast Guard boathouse in Menemsha will begin early next month, the Coast Guard announced on Tuesday.According to a press release,...
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Matthew D’Andrea Named Assistant Superintendent
1:22 pm, August 27, 2013Oliva HullAn elementary school principal from Mattapoisett has been named assistant superintendent for the Vineyard public schools, superintendent Dr. James H. Weiss has...
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Vineyard Women Take Their Skills to Africa
3:53 pm, August 27, 2013Olivia HullGive a man a fish and you feed him for a day: show him how to catch fish and you feed him for a lifetime. So goes the familiar adage.But for Vineyard women Lila...
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Chilmark Children Protest Idea of Closing Menemsha's Crab Corner
1:34 pm, August 28, 2013Remy TuminSome came straight from the beach with sandy feet, while others had just emerged a nighttime bath, but the children who attended the Chilmark selectmen’s meeting...
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Sen. Dan Wolf Postpones Decision to Resign in Wake of Ethics Ruling
5:46 pm, August 28, 2013Sara BrownGranted an extension to respond to a state ethics commission decision, gubernatorial candidate and Cape and Islands State Sen. Dan Wolf will now remain in office until...
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New Book Proposes Kennedy Was Not Target of Lee Harvey Oswald
3:40 pm, August 28, 2013Olivia Hull Nearly 50 years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, numerous conspiracy theories still compete for attention. A recent study by the History Channel...
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Island Men Stand Tall Against Domestic Violence
8:23 am, August 25, 2013Olivia HullThey stood 21 strong, their backs to the harbor, shirts billowing in the sea breeze, cheered on by honking cars, applause and exclamations of gratitude. Their...
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1946 Fishing Derby Comes Alive Again In Newly-Discovered Film Archive
4:22 pm, August 29, 2013Tom DunlopPut plainly, most of the movie footage is not terribly good. Some of it is out of focus or overexposed. Some of it lingers too long on fish lying dead on the rocks....
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Martha's Vineyard Film Center Proves its Premise: If You Build It, They Will...
1:34 pm, August 29, 2013Ivy AsheIn the projection room of the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center in Vineyard Haven there is one Mac computer on a desk and two small flatscreen Toshiba monitors mounted on a...
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Clean Bill of Health for Tisbury Great Pond
7:36 pm, August 29, 2013Remy TuminThe Tisbury Great Pond has had its nitrogen health checkup and is in good shape, especially compared with other Island ponds.This was the conclusion of the final...
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Corner Bench Is Ringside Seat For Town He Loves and Owns
7:53 pm, August 29, 2013Sara BrownWhile some herald September’s quieter streets and diminishing crowds, Eugene (Geno) Courtney said the end of the season makes him blue.“It’ll start winding down,” he...
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Erosion Damage to East Chop Drive Creates Hard Choices
8:02 pm, August 29, 2013Sara Brown With storm season on the way and East Chop Drive in a compromised state, the town of Oak Bluffs is considering whether to close the scenic roadway. At a meeting...
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Solutions Proposed in Special Report on Coastal Erosion
4:20 pm, August 29, 2013The Gazette continues its special project on coastal erosion. Two new stories explore the topic of planning for retreat, how scientists used to think about it and how that...
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Retired High School Teacher Charged With Indecent Assault on Former Student
1:13 pm, August 30, 2013Sara BrownWendell Leo Frame Jr., 65, was arraigned in Edgartown district court on two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older. Bail was set at $500, and...
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Age Don't Mean a Thing If You've Still Got the Swing
10:54 am, September 3, 2013Ivy AsheAfter the boys of summer leave, the men of fall arrive.They trickled into practice at the Vineyard Baseball Park on a recent Monday afternoon, most arriving by 5:30...
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Where the Music Stands at WMVY
7:48 pm, August 29, 2013Ivy AsheRadio station WMVY officially went on the air 30 years ago. Though block programming and automation had existed on the signal for some time, 1983 was the year that “we...
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