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Summer Institute Series Opens With Expert on Middle East
2:39 pm, July 7, 2015Alex FloydOn Thursday evening, as part of the Summer Institute Speaker Series at the Hebrew Center, Jane Harman, former congresswoman and president of the Woodrow Wilson...
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Dr. Anne Merrill Was Longtime Camp Ground Resident
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 - 3:52pmLongtime Camp Ground resident Dr. Anne W. Merrill died of natural causes at the Pennswood Village retirement home in Newtown, Pa. on June 2. She was 92.The daughter of...
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Rachel Mercer Burns Grew Up on the Vineyard
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 - 4:17pmRachel Mercer Burns, most recently of Hingham, died on May 15. She was 91. She was born Sept. 21, 1923 in Medford to Nathan and Edna Willoughby Mercer, and was one of six...
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Memorial Service for Joyce Erdman
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 - 4:25pmJoyce West Erdman died on April 13. The daughter of Richard and Ann West and a native to Edgartown, Joyce raised her family in Vermont and returned every year to spend...
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Pedaling for Diabetes Awareness, and to Show Others the Way
4:48 pm, July 7, 2015Steve MyrickJeannie Wright battled her increasingly debilitating diabetes with a new attitude, an insulin pump and determination to lose weight. Now she's using her newfound...
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Guest House Destroyed in Vineyard Haven House Fire
11:13 pm, July 7, 2015Steve MyrickTisbury and Oak Bluffs firefighters extinguished a fire that destroyed a guest house at a home off Border Road in Vineyard Haven late Tuesday. Pets were rescued and a...
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Failed Aquaculture Grant Had Eyed Aquinnah Tribal Lands for Study
2:22 pm, July 8, 2015Alex ElvinAn ambitious grant proposal that may have benefitted the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) was recently turned down in the early phases of an application process...
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West Tisbury Town Column: July 10
12:55 pm, July 8, 2015John S. Alley We had good weather over the long holiday weekend. Traffic, particularly, downtown, is extremely difficult, at best, and the bus traffic has had a substantial...
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Vivian DeBettencourt Was a Loyal Friend, Loved Her Family and Basketball
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 - 3:26pmVivian Combra DeBettencourt of Oak Bluffs died peacefully on Sunday, July 5 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital with her family at her side. She was 80.Vivian was the...
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Oak Bluffs Town Column: July 10
4:34 pm, July 8, 2015Skip Finley The Loft at Dreamland, one of Oak Bluffs’ newly renovated treasures, has had a long history of entertainment. Today it’s an adult lounge/game room following a time as...
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Memorial Service for Ram Gnanadesikan
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 - 4:52pmHusband, father and friend Ram Gnanadesikan died on July 6 at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. A longtime summer resident of Down Harbor in Edgartown, he was a cherished...
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Lagoon Pond Association Meeting
4:23 pm, July 9, 2015Members of the Lagoon Pond Association will gather this weekend to talk about critical issues facing the saltwater pond.
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Chilmark Goes Back to Drawing Board for New Public Safety Building Site
11:53 am, July 7, 2015Alex ElvinThe recent purchase of the Santander Bank property in Chilmark by the Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank will serve an up-Island need, but also leaves the town with one less...
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Lighthouse Relocation Creates Ripple Effect for Aquinnah Parking
5:19 pm, July 9, 2015Alex Elvin Having long enjoyed several parking spots near the Gay Head Light, a small group of condominium residents in Aquinnah are feeling cramped by summer traffic at the Circle...
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New Parking Lot, Boat Launch In the Works at Squibnocket
5:27 pm, July 9, 2015Alex Elvin Facing a one-year deadline to complete a major restoration project at Squibnocket Beach, the Chilmark selectmen on Tuesday unanimously approved a concept plan for a new...
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It's a Global Village Behind the Counter
5:33 pm, July 9, 2015Heather Hamacek This summer on the Island, many of the college students who are taking orders, collecting eggs and folding T-shirts hail from much farther away than mainland, USA....
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In Push North, Lone Star Ticks Plant Flag on Chappy
5:41 pm, July 9, 2015Alex Elvin Cape Pogue resident Donald Greenstein has been finding lone star ticks on his property for years, but never in their current numbers. Island biologist and tick expert...
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Shark Week for Some, Shark Life for Others
5:49 pm, July 9, 2015Heather Hamacek Plunging into shark-filled waters may sound like a nightmare, but for Chilmark summer residents Adam Geiger and Colette Beaudry, it’s just another day of work. The...
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On My Axis
6:01 pm, July 9, 2015Gerald Blake Storrow The hardest thing these daysIs to maintain a single viewOf anything.
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Trial by Summer
6:10 pm, July 9, 2015The call came on a Friday afternoon, the day before the Fourth of July. A Jeep had caught fire on Beach Road along the crowded Joseph Sylvia State Beach.
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